About the Arcam Muso
Muso to your ears
Muso to your ears
You've just come home from a long day of work at the office. Your eyes are tired from looking at the computer screen, but your ears are yearning to hear something other than office chatter and printer noise. So fire up Arcam's Muso bookshelf speakers and immerse yourself in the delicate soprano voice of Madame Butterfly, or the sultry sound of "Satchmo's" jazz trumpet. Arcam designed the Muso speaker to complement their Solo receivers, making them a great addition to a stereo setup or computer desktop system. Just add a powered subwoofer to get full-range, room-thumping bass.
Metal drivers and enclosure produce anything but "tinny" sound
Each Muso speaker has a 1" ultra-light aluminum tweeter for crisp, clear highs. A 3-1/2" aluminum woofer fills in the mid- to low-frequency range, while a front bass port offers a little extra low-end kick. It also means this speaker can be placed close to a wall and still deliver exceptional performance. Overall, you'll hear big, full sound that just might surprise you coming from such compact speakers.
The cabinet is made from a clever combination of aluminum and steel components bonded together with the latest adhesive technology for the lowest possible resonance. It means you'll be greeted by pure, clean sound every time you power up your system.
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"I also had an opportunity to listen to the Muso speakers. It was actually somewhat of a blind test and then I saw that there were two pairs of speakers in the front of the room. One was a floor-standing column of speakers and another pair of small bookshelf speakers on stands. Those were the Musos. And lo-and-behold when the trainer walked in front of the room, he changed the pair of speakers and said, "Oh, by the way, let's compare these to these floor-standing columns." And I went, "What?" Yeah, that was the Musos. Incredibly impressive speakers. Very, very good bass. Yes the columns had a little bit better bass, but they were also three times bigger. So that was an amazing display of quality from such small speakers."
— Dallas, Crutchfield Advisor
Product highlights:
- frequency response 70-20,000 Hz
- handles 30-100 watts
- sensitivity 85 dB
- 4-ohm impedance — suited for high current amplifiers
- 1" ultra-light aluminum dome tweeter
- 3-1/2" polymer/aluminum woofer
- flared "L-shape" port offers extended bass response
- high-quality eight component crossover for superbly balanced sound
- magnetically shielded for safe placement next to tube TVs
- combined aluminum and steel enclosure dampens cabinet resonance
- comes with rubber isolation mat
- gold-plated binding posts
- 4-3/4"W x 9-1/16"H x 6-1/8"D
- weight: 6.3 lbs.
- warranty: 2 years
- MFR # Muso (BK)
What's in the box:
- Satellite loudspeaker
- Detachable grille
- Rubber mat
- Handbook
- Owner Registration Card/Thank You Letter
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Features & specs
| Enclosure | Bass Reflex | |
| Finish | Aluminum/Steel | |
| Color | Black | |
| Tweeter Type | Dome | |
| Tweeter Size (inches) | 1 | |
| Midrange Size (inches) | N/A | |
| Woofer Size (inches) | 3.5 | |
| Woofer Composition | Polymer/Aluminum | |
| Woofer Surround | Rubber | |
| Power Range | 30-100 | |
| Sensitivity | 85 dB | |
| Impedance (Ohms) | 4 | |
| Frequency Response | 70-20k Hz | |
| Connector Type | 5-way post | |
| Bi-amp Inputs | No | |
| Height (inches) | 9-1/16 | |
| Width (inches) | 4-3/4 | |
| Depth (inches) | 6-1/8 | |
| Weight (pounds) | 6.3 | |
| Wall-mountable | --- | |
| Bracket Included | No | |
| Recommended Stand Height (inches) | 28-31 | |
| Parts Warranty | 2 Years | |
| Labor Warranty | 2 Years | |
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Enclosure Design
Connections
Mounting Options
Driver Technology
Two-Way Design: The Muso is a two-way satellite loudspeaker that uses high-quality material throughout. This satellite loudspeaker has been designed to produce an accurate, powerful, and musical sound in a compact, bass-reflex cabinet. The Muso two-way loudspeaker offers a midbass performance far beyond that of a typical "satellite" speaker.
Note: The Muso is a satellite loudspeaker designed to produce midbass, midrange, & high frequencies. For low bass frequencies, pair this speaker with a powered subwoofer (sold separately).
1" Aluminum Tweeter: The Muso satellite loudspeaker features a 1"aluminum dome tweeter for exceptional clarity, transparency, and dispersion. The 1" aluminum dome tweeter features a light-weight neodymium magnet for higher efficiency & greater power handling.
3.5" Polymer/Aluminum Woofer: The Muso features a 3.5" polymer/aluminum cone woofer with rubber surround for dynamic midbass response. The woofer magnet's vented pole piece offers higher power handling capabilities with lower distortion.
Crossover Network: The Muso satellite loudspeaker employs a 6 component crossover (2.5kHz, 12dB/oct) with air-cored HF inductor on glass fiber PCB.
Enclosure Design
Bass Reflex Cabinet: The Muso satellite loudspeaker employs a bass-reflex (ported) cabinet. Its front ported design allows positioning close to walls or in cabinets. The smooth flow, flared "L-shape" port offers extended bass response.
Low-Resonance Cabinet: The Muso satellite loudspeaker's enclosure is made from a combination of aluminum & steel components bonded together with the latest adhesive technology for the lowest possible resonance. The "SDA" (sound dead aluminum) further dampens cabinet resonance. The resin damped metal-to-metal bonding has no visible fixings.
Magnetic Grille: The satellite loudspeaker comes with a detachable magnetic metal grille. The grille is acoustically transparent.
Connections
Gold-Plated Binding Posts: The gold-plated 5-way binding posts will accept bare wire (up to 12-gauge), pin connectors, spade connectors, and banana plugs (single/dual).
Color-Coded: The speaker's binding posts are color-coded (red/black) for easy identification between positive and negative.
Mounting Options
Application: The Arcam Muso satellite loudspeaker can be used in a stereo (music) or home theater (movie) application.
Placement: The Arcam Muso satellite loudspeaker is designed for placing on a stand, shelf, or wall bracket. For optimum results the speaker should be placed 4"-12" from a rear wall, at least 2' from any side wall, and 6.5' apart. The Muso satellite loudspeaker should be mounted so the tweeter is at, or just below ear height when the listener is seated.
Note: The Muso speaker should never be placed on the floor or in corners.
Rubber Isolation Mat: The included rubber isolation mat fits inside the recessed area of the speaker base and provides a stable, non-slip surface that helps to acoustically decouple the speaker from its support.
Wall-Mounting: The Arcam Muso has dual threaded inserts (4mm) on the rear of the cabinet for wall mounting the speaker, using an optional wall-mount bracket (sold separately).
Magnetically Shielded: The Arcam Muso satellite loudspeaker is magnetically shielded for safe placement beside TVs, video displays, and computer monitors.
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