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Klipsch Palladium
™
Floorstander a Symbol of Supreme Luxury
Company considers globally-inspired flagship speaker the quintessence of audio
Klipsch developed its new flagship Palladium ™ P-39F
floorstanding speaker to be a universal masterpiece of sound
and design. The company plans to use this ultra-luxury product
with unprecedented proprietary technologies to fulfill the most
exacting demands of select customers around the world.
“Offering the highest level of perfection in every respect, this
speaker is the pinnacle of modern-day horn-loaded technology
and craftsmanship,” said Jim Garrett, Klipsch director of product
planning. “Steady global growth of the Klipsch brand has proven
to more and more people that horn-loaded speakers just sound
better. Now that the Klipsch name is highly recognized and
trusted on a much broader scale, we believe the market is ready
to experience our more esoteric side.”
According to Garrett, a large percentage of high-end speakers
utilize “off-the-shelf” drivers whereas, the P-39F drivers were
carefully designed and tested in the company’s advanced
engineering and technology center in Indianapolis, Ind.
A 3.5-way Tapered Array™ design, the P-39F employs a new,
proprietary horn-loaded tweeter assembly made of unique
acoustically-damped materials, a sophisticated inverted dome
midrange, and three high-output woofers to create a stunningly
precise audio experience with high sensitivity and extremely low
distortion.
Developed from the ground up, the speaker’s ¾-inch titanium
diaphragm tweeter utilizes two powerful neodymium magnets
and a resistively damped back chamber. A uniquely chambered
phase plug and exclusive Tractrix® Horn combination delivers an
extended high-frequency response that is inherently flat from
3kHz to 30kHz. Additionally, this arrangement reduces heat levels
so that the driver will maintain its full dynamic capability at any
volume level.
Housed in its own acoustically-tuned, sealed enclosure, the P-39F midrange employs a 4.5-inch inverted aluminum
diaphragm driver powered by three high-temperature neodymium magnets, allowing it to operate effortlessly from 500Hz to
3kHz. A copper-capped pole piece reduces inductance modulation, giving a low-distortion, clean sound. The 1-inch voice
coil not only delivers high sensitivity, but also generates a very responsive and accurate moving system.
The midrange’s lightweight foamed rubber surround allows the P-39F to achieve improved linear excursion, especially in the
high-frequency range. The midrange driver is coupled to a 90-degree by 60-degree acoustically-damped Tractrix Horn via a
four-to-one compression phase plug, which is specifically designed to operate over the midrange frequencies.
The P-39F three low-frequency drivers employ 9-inch aluminum cone woofers powered by a unique three-part neodymium
magnet structure with dual stabilizing rings that reduce nonlinear flux. Triple ports further enhance low-distortion bass
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