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Neat Acoustics launches floor standing Ultimatum XLi

Steve — Thu, 19 May 2011 08:30:51 +0000

In a surprise move Neat Acoustics launches a floor standing loudspeaker based on the already revered Ultimatum XLS model. The XLi will be available in July.

The Ultimatum XLi is a new floor standing loudspeaker of compact proportions, It is engineered to deliver greater performance than the Ultimatum XLS by using a floor standing cabinet to deliver separate volumes for mass loading and crossover isolation. This follows a significant number of requests from retailers and distributors around the world who found that the performance of the XLS was ideally suited to potential owners needs but a ‘floorstander’ would have been more domestically acceptable.

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New Neat Ultimatum XLS

Steve — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:30:07 +0000

Sound and Vision Show, Bristol. Feb 2011. Neat Acoustics announced that the second model in the Ultimatum XL range, the Ultimatum XLS, would be shipping from April 2011.

The Ultimatum XLS is a stand mounting loudspeaker of compact proportions, delivering the bass weight, scale and dynamics of a significantly sized floorstander. The mid/bass drivers in the XLS are mounted isobarically which when aligned correctly, as in the XLS, gives deep clean bass delivery. Combining this authority with the superb sounding Sonomex domed XL high-frequency unit is the art of the Ultimatum range.

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Neat’s latest Ultimatum

Steve — Thu, 06 May 2010 08:58:00 +0000

Munich High End Show 6 May 2010. Neat Acoustics announces their first new Ultimatum model in eight years. The Ultimatum XL6 will be available in September 2010.

The ULTIMATUM XL6 is a multi-chamber, multi-facet loudspeaker system incorporating six drive units per enclosure. The visible drive units are mounted on sub-baffles, attached to the main enclosure via a polyethylene damping membrane.

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Neat delivers new Motive SE2 Loudspeaker

Steve — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:56:58 +0000

Munich High End Show 6 May 2010. Neat announced that the Motive SE2 loudspeaker — which was received so favourably when in prototype form at the Bristol Hi-fi Show in February 2010 — will be in full production in June 2010.

The SE2 is based on the Motive 2 from the award-winning Motive series that has been in production for five very successful years.

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New Neat PETITE SX Loudspeaker

Steve — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:48:57 +0000

Neat Acoustics, Barnard Castle November 25, 2009. Neat Acoustics is pleased to announce the launch of the PETITE SX. The PETITE SX is the fourth generation of the PETITE — a loudspeaker that has been delivering a thoroughly insightful musical performance for 20 years. The PETITE will be available from December 2009.

In common with its larger ‘brother’ the ELITE SX — and unlike traditional bass reflex designs — the PETITE SX incorporates an innovative staggered port-tuning design. A 32mm diameter port on the rear of the cabinet has a narrow operating band centred on 40Hz. An additional 50mm diameter port, also mounted on the rear of the cabinet, is tuned higher over a wider operating band.

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New Pages for Naim, Neat and Thorens

Steve — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:06:05 +0000

I’m away at the Munich show, it’s late and I’m knackered, so I’m waiting to add the niceties of all the internal links until next Tuesday but if you need them now check out the pages list on the bottom right for the links to new pages for Naim Ovator S-600, Neat Elite SX and the Thorens TD 309 Tri-Balance all launched today.

The Neats have arrived

Steve — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:58:33 +0000

After much heavy breathing, carrying the Neat Acoustics MF9s up two flights of stairs, they are now in place and running in.
They seem to work pretty well in roughly the same position as the ES30s, which is about 15cm closer to the back wall and about 20cm closer to the side walls than the MF7s.
The bass in this spot is really detailed and surprisingly dry: when the music doesn’t deliver bass there isn’t any. I must have hit just the right spot in the room.
It’s probably going to take a couple of weeks for everything to truly settle before I can do the final moving around but so far very pleased.

I’m really enjoying listening to music on these and that’s only after a few hours of running in.

Images

Steve — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:15:30 +0000

I’ve been experimenting with NextGen Gallery and have used it to upload some selected images including the images of the new Naim NAIT XS