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99.26 Walnut Center / 99.26 Walnut Center High End center speaker with elliptic design
High End book shelf speaker with elliptic design
XTZ 99.26 is the bookshelf speaker in the XTZ "Top of the line" series, equipped with SEAS Excel drivers ensuring an absolutely clean and transparent reference class performance. 60 years of experience support these drivers.
99.26 uses a ribbon tweeter, providing superior transient response and a very flat frequency graph.
We wanted to see if we could take the price/performance ratio to the next level. For XTZ 99.26 we browsed only the best components before choosing. The goal was a bookshelf speaker with top qualities, and as little sound coloring as possible, combined with a finish not seen in the price range before.
* Sound quality in High-End class
* Highest quality of drivers
* SEAS Excel drivers
* Ribbon tweeter with highest preformance
* Room Tuning - Possiblity to adapt to the room
* 19 MDF
* Adjustable tweeter in 4 steps
* Center speaker
Goals
When the XTZ 99.26 Walnut was constructed the resulting quality of the loudspeaker had a greater importance than the resulting cost. Still we claim that with the right skills and production volume, it is possible to obtain a great deal of High End quality without making the price of the speaker too high.
* High-End sound quality
* High mechanical quality of materials and components at a competitive price
* Relatively small cabinet
* Pure and timeless design
* Flexible with a wide range of settings
* Can be used as monitor speaker and center speaker as well
Cabinet design
The elliptic shape is not only an estetically neat shape, but also offers some advantages in terms of acoustics, since non-parallel walls reduces internal resonances of the cabinet.
The cabinet is made in 19mm MDF board, which has good sonic qualities.
The cabinet is further strengthened with internal bars, which in total provides a very stable construction.
99.26 Walnut Center is the center speaker in the new line
Tweeter
We have selected a ribbon tweeter which provides superior transient response and a very flat frequency response.
The ribbon cone is very light and only 18 microns thin. It is a rosin-aluminum-rosin sandwich construction that has been hardened at 320 degrees celsius.
The magnet system is a 2 row high-efficient neodymium construction in a moulded chassis of ceramical carbon steel.
Fishbone shaped contactors in aluminium ensures a low connection resistance and good heat dissipation.
The element has a high power durability and handles frequencies up to 40000 Hz which makes it DVD-Audio and SACD-ready.
Woofer/Midrange driver
After evaluating a large number of drivers from different manufacturers we selected one from Seas, a company that has a solid reputation in the area of high quality speaker drivers. You find Seas drivers in many well-known High End speakers. For the woofer/midrange we decided on a 6,5" magnesium driver from the Seas Excel series that have extreme performance. We claim that finding a better 6,5" driver on the market is a very difficult task.
The surface treated magnesium cone is extremely light but still extremely stiff and effectively reduces resonances.
The rubber surrounding makes sure that no edge resonances are present.
The moulded metal basket is a high flow" type that is acoustically transparent and has high precision since the basket is shaped exactly due to moulding. This makes sure that the basket is very stable and efficiently reduces resonances. The basket is absolutely non-magnetic, which contributes to the higher efficiency of the driver.
A strong magnet combined with the light cone helps achieving a high efficiency and a good transient response.
Heavy copper rings mounted above and below the T-shaped pole piece reduces non linear and modulation distortion and increases the overload margin.
The copper plating of the top and bottom plates along with a solid copper phase plug improves the heat conduction and contributes to the high power durability.
Gold plated terminals reduce contact resistance and serve as anti-corrosion.
Large windows in the basket both above and below the spider reduces sound reflexion, air flow noise and cavity resonances.
Crossover
The crossover is a two way –12 dB Linkwitz/Riley-filter that has a fast transient response and a minimum of phase shiftings. The crossover filter is made from quality capacitors and coils with low resistance.
It's designed to allow adjustments of the tweeter level to obtain a perfect adaptation to the room.
Read more under the heading of Room Tuning.
Binding post
The connectors are gold plated bi-wiring type so you can connect to the amplifier with double cables (bi-wiring), or connect to two amplifiers (bi-amping) to further improve the sound.
Read more in the manual on how to connect the speaker.
Settings and sound shapes
To perfectly adapt the speaker to your room and / or preference we have equipped the XTZ 99.26 Walnut with Room Tuning.
Bass reflex
With no plug present in the port you have a higher bass level and the loudspeaker is capable of handling lower frequencies.
The treble level is adjustable in four different steps using the supplied loop connector.
Mode 1/ - 0dB: In this mode the sound is neutral with a flat frequency response.
Mode 2/ +4dB: In this mode the treble level is increase by 4dB.
Mode 3/ -2dB: In this mode the treble level is decreased by 2dB.
Mode 4/ -4dB: In this mode the treble level is decreased by 4dB.
Room Tuning - Mechanical boundary frequency control
By using the supplied bass reflex plugs, it is possible to mechanically alter the lower boundary frequency on XTZ 99.26 Walnut.
This makes it possible to alter the sound character of the speaker. You can choose from two different sound shapes in the bass range by using the bass plugs, and the treble level is adjustable in four different steps.
These settings also depend on the size and shape of the room, and also on your own preference, so please have patience when trying out your preferred setting.
Closed cabinet
With the bass plug mounted in the bass reflex port, the cabinet is closed and the loudspeaker operates as a closed construction.
Schematic picture to illustrate the different sonic characteristics of the bass frequencies.
Technical Specifications:
Dimensions
244 x 379 x 352 mm (Height x Width x Depth)
Weight: 10 kg/pcs
Magnetically shielded: No
Impedance: 4-8 ohm
Binding post: Goldplated bi-wiring / Banana plug / Pole screw
Efficiency: 88dB
Power
300 W Short term IEC 268-5
100 W Short term IEC 268-5
Tweeter: Ribbon tweeter, SACD/DVD-Audio-ready, Sandvich ribbon cone in aluminium, neodymium magnets, chassis made in ceramic carbon steel.
Woofer / midrange: 6,5" SEAS Excel, Magnesium driver, moulded "high flow" driver basket, powerful magnet. 2000 gram.
Connections and settings
* Goldplated biwiring.
* Bassreflex, can be set to closed box (Room Tuning).
* The trebble level is adjustable in 4 different modes.
| Manufacturer: |
XTZ |
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| Net weight: |
11 kg |
| Sales unit: |
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| Barcode number: |
7340030416215 |
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