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Introducing the Iota ALPHA

Uncategorized By May 05, 2016

The speaker with no name, that created massive interested when it was first shown at the ‘Bristol Sound & Vision’ show in February, is now ready for production and sale. And it now has a name.

 High End Show Munich, 5th May 2016 Hall 3, Stand 05. Neat Acoustics have today finally confirmed that the Iota ALPHA will be available from its specialist hi-fi retailers from June 2016 at a price of £1385 (€1850).

Neat’s loudspeakers have long been renowned for creating big sounds from compact and elegant enclosures. However, the Iota ALPHA succeeds in stretching this concept well beyond the limits of what might be expected.

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The Iota has been an amazing and continuing success since its appearance in 2011, and the idea of a low-down floor standing version has been mooted by Bob Surgeoner ever since. All that was necessary for the new model was to retain the exceptional abilities of the Iota and build on these in a floor standing configuration. Easier said than done, of course. But as visitors to the Bristol show experienced the, now-named, Iota ALPHA delivered 100% of its target.

Visually deceptive, the Iota Alpha required some unorthodox imagineering. The basis of the original Iota (the main drive unit and the EMIT type planar magnetic tweeter) is housed in the top section of the cabinet, in a sealed volume, angled upwards. This section is configured as a two-way closed box loudspeaker. The whole of the ported lower section is dedicated to augmenting the lower frequencies, via a downward-firing 134mm drive unit mounted on the bottom panel.

The crossover is a simple two-and-a-half-way design, employing 1st & 2nd order slopes. The crossover components are all hard-wired, with point-to-point connections in order to maximise integrity. The crossover components are of premium audiophile quality and include Mundorf Supreme capacitors and low-dcr air-core inductors.

At a mere 45cm tall the Iota ALPHA can be placed discreetly in the room, yet it delivers a genuine
full-range musical experience on a scale that suggests a far bigger (and more expensive) loudspeaker.

 Specification

Dimensions: (HxWxD) 45x20x16cm

Sensitivity: 86dB/2.83v

Frequency range: 33Hz – 22kHz

Impedance: 4 Ohms

Standard finishes:  Natural Oak; American Walnut; Black Oak; Satin White (Special finishes available to order.)

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