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Introduction and Performance Features
Performance Features
Gold Plated Input Connectors
The HT-5 input connectors are gold plated for superior cor-
rosion resistance and high electrical conductivity.
Acoustic Edge-Hole Elimination
An edge-hole is a severe dip in the high frequency re-
sponse of a speaker system, caused by the relative distance
of the dome tweeter to the edge of the speaker cabinet. If
the distance to the edge of the cabinet is the same on both
sides of the dome tweeter, cancellation of the sound occurs
at a specific frequency. McIntosh guards against this phe-
nomenon with a special tweeter mounting that eliminates
the edge-hole effect.
Patented LD/HP Technology
The McIntosh Low and Mid Frequency Loudspeaker Ele-
ments feature the patented LD/HP motor structure. This
design, when compared to conventional loudspeaker ele-
ments, reduces distortion significantly. It also increases
power handling and efficiency.
Shielded Magnetic Field
The HT-5 may be used in Home Theater Installations near
a television receiver or monitor without causing the televi-
sion image to degrade. McIntosh has designed special
shielding around the magnetic structure of the HT-5 Loud-
speaker Elements to prevent interference.
High Power Handling
The Loudspeaker Elements and crossover components of
the HT-5 are all chosen for use with powerful amplifiers,
up to 200 watts.
High Efficiency
The Loudspeaker Elements used in the HT-5 Loudspeaker
System have also been designed for high efficiency. As a
result any McIntosh Power Amplifier, even our smallest,
will provide satisfying room filling sound.
Automatic Overload Protection
The HT-5 has built-in Loudspeaker Element Protection in
the form of two automatic resetting solid-state devices as a
part of the crossover network.
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LD/HP Pat. No. 5,151,943
The McIntosh HT-5 Loudspeaker System is designed for
Home Theater and Music Reproduction. It is a three-way
system with two 6-1/2 inch LD/HP
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woofers and one 1
inch dome tweeter. The HT-5 is designed to work as a left
or right (main) loudspeaker in a Music System or as a
main, center channel or surround loudspeaker, in a Home
Theater System.
The HT-5 Loudspeaker preformance is equivalent to the
quality of McIntoshs legendary line of Amplifiers, Pream-
plifiers, Signal Processors and Signal Sources, without im-
parting distortion or coloration of its own. It also comple-
ments the capabilities and the remarkably low distortion of
McIntosh Power Amplifiers.
Many of todays loudspeakers are designed only for
Home Theater applications. Not so with the HT-5. It is also
designed for the accurate reproduction of music. Motion
picture sound effects, explosions, screams, and vehicle
crashes require a wide dynamic range and high sound lev-
els. These sounds are such that a speaker system having
moderate distortion would reproduce them with little au-
dible difference. This is not true with the reproduction of
music. Music is by nature and definition harmonious. To
reproduce it accurately, all forms of distortion, both har-
monic and intermodulation, must be kept to a minimum.
This has been the result of the design of the new McIntosh
HT-5 Loudspeaker System. Each loudspeaker element and
crossover component has been carefully designed for dura-
bility, efficiency, and above all, low distortion. The McIn-
tosh HT-5 Loudspeaker System will reproduce music accu-
rately and function as an excellent Home Theater Loud-
speaker.
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