Buckle up, guys!!!
Two years ago, we were absolutely amazed by Pioneer's SP-PK52FS 5.1 Floorstanding Speaker System. Designed by world-renowned speaker engineer Andrew Jones, this speaker system demonstrated what a true engineer/designer could do when partnered with the right company. This system was receiving amazing reviews from the audio community (me included). It even got the attention of our President, Gene DellaSala, who decided to personally test review this system. It was an awesome review by the way!!!!!
What? You didn't read it?
Click on the following link!
http://www.audioholics.com/tower-speaker-reviews/pioneer-sp-pk52fs
After witnessing what they were capable of with such an affordable design, I thought it would take a long time before seeing them doing it again. Oh, yes....they have done it again!
Pioneer and Andrew Jones are introducing their new Atmos Enabled Elite Concentric Speaker System consisting of two towers, two surrounds, one center and a subwoofer. We already have a preview on this nice speaker system that you can read here:
http://www.audioholics.com/tower-speaker-reviews/pioneer-elite-speakers
Since we already have that full system preview, I'm getting ready to post a separated thread dedicated to each speaker alone and I'd like to dedicate this thread to the SP-EFS73 Dolby Atmos Elite Floorstanding Speaker. This way those interested in just the towers will be able to share their impressions and talk about the characteristics, features and specifications of each one separately and also benefit many audio enthusiasts looking for a specific speaker rather than a full system.
This tower is a three-way design which uses not one, but three identical woofers, stacked vertically. At the heart of the Elite Home Theater Speaker System is the CST (Coherent Source Transducer). This driver is claimed to dramatically reduce interference between the midrange and tweeter, precisely controlling sound directivity at all frequencies and ensuring that direct and reflected sound arrive at the listening position with identical timing and timbre.
It has a 1-inch soft-dome tweeter that has been positioned centrally at the apex of the 4-inch aluminum midrange drive unit and exhibits true pistonic action and eliminates break-up modes within its range of operation. As all the Elite speakers, this tower features Gold-plated connectors and multi-element, complex crossovers. Every cabinet of the Elite speakers, were designed with gently curved sides to eliminate standing waves encountered in typical square-box designs. The CST driver is mounted in its own individual enclosure, isolating it from the pressure waves in the main enclosure. These are only some of the characteristics of this impressive tower design.
There is only one question that needs to be answed:
Will these new Elite speakers change the way we listen to budget speakers AGAIN?.... Time will tell but, in the meantime, check out some of the features and click on the attached pictures for technical specifications.
FEATURES:
- Pioneer Elite developed CST driver.
- Three 5-inch bass drivers for dynamic bass performance.
- True three-way speaker design.
- Dolby-enabled top firing concentric driver.
Price: $699.99/each
You can also check out the other related threads here:
- SP-EBS73-LR Dolby Atmos Elite Concentric Bookshelf Speaker Overview.
http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/threads/pioneer-sp-ebs73-lr-dolby-atmos-elite-concentric-bookshelf-speaker-overview.93647
- Pioneer SP-EC73 Dolby Atmos Elite Concentric Center Speaker Overview
http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/threads/pioneer-sp-ec73-dolby-atmos-elite-concentric-center-speaker-overview.93648
- Pioneer Elite SW-E10 Powered Subwoofer Overview
http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/threads/pioneer-elite-sw-e10-powered-subwoofer-overview.93649
- I will be adding the links to the other components as I post them.
