Sealed speaker brands?

[KEW]

Are there any well respected speakers that use acoustic suspension or sealed design?
Thanks

 

[Warpdrv]

What size and budget are you looking for here...... What are you looking to use it for...


Paradigm sells a small bookshelf in their top tier line....

Signature S1... http://www.paradigm.com/en/reference/fronts-signature-signatures1-model-2-17-1-69.paradigm



There are not a huge amount of sealed large speakers, but I'm sure there are some... they just don't offer the lower reaching extension like a ported one would.

 

[KEW]

Thanks!
I'm looking at bookshelf speakers between $500 to ~$1000, but I am also just asking out of curiosity.
It seems surprising that Paradigm would switch to a different fundamental design just for that one speaker - in the middle of the ported Studio 10 & 20 and the ported S-2!

 

[LabRat]

I know SVS and Emotiva offer acoustic suspension (sealed) speakers in that price range. Also Boston, Cambridge and many others....

 

[Warpdrv]

Alot of manufacturers go this route, with close wall or cabinet boundaries in mind. Some ported speakers perform better when farther away from boundaries.

 

[STRONGBADF1]

SVS MBS-01 and Ascend Acoustics Seirra-1 arn't sealed but both companies offer port plugs so you can "seal" them.
http://www.svsound.com/products-spks-mts01.cfm
http://forum.ascendacoustics.com/showthread.php?t=3781&highlight=plugs

 

[alphaiii]

NHT classic series....

As mentioned, Emotiva and the entry level SVS...

The Ascend Sierra has plugs specially designed to create a sealed enclosure while not killing the woofer's low end abilities....Dave F of Ascend said this moves the -3dB to about 60Hz.

 

[Hicks]

Our Aperion 4B is sealed, but a bit under your price range.

http://www.aperionaudio.com/product/Intimus-4B-Satellite-Speaker,113,20,261.aspx

 

[FirstReflection]

Many of the speaker manufacturers who subscribe to the THX design philosophy use sealed designs as they tend to yield the 2nd order slope on the low end that THX calls for.

Snell, MK Sound (formerly M&K), Atlantic Technology - they all offer several sealed speaker models.

 

[rnatalli]

The Ascend HTM-200SE is a sealed design. And of course Orbs and Gallo.

 

[tom67]

NHT was one of the chief proponents of suspension designs.....suspended business earlier this year and now back per some post here....I loved the old Advents of the 70s....good design for small rooms with modest amps where high volume not required...