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Driver Technology
Connections
Mounting Options
Specifications

Driver Technology

Surround Design: An Imagine S speaker is two 2-way speakers built into one cabinet; each having its own woofer, tweeter, and crossover. The drivers are mounted on baffles facing in different directions, approximately 120° apart. Because the two speaker sections are wired to discrete terminals there are multiple ways to connect the drivers; as a dipole speaker (out of phase using the included jumper wires), as a bipole speaker (in phase using the factory installed jumpers), or as two separate channels. If you're mounting the speakers on the side walls in line with your listening position, the dipole mode will create a diffuse, ambient soundfield. If you're placing them behind your listening position, the bipole mode fires the drivers in phase to flood the area with surround sound. It's also possible to use one pair of Imagine S speakers for both surround and surround back channels, wiring the forward firing baffles to the surround channels and the rear firing baffles to the surround back channels.

Cone Design: The woofer cones are ceramic filled polypropylene and use rubber surrounds. The aluminum phase plug mechanically smoothes the response and acts as a heat sink for the voice coil, reducing power compression.

Tweeter: The 1" titanium, Ferrofluid cooled dome tweeters' light yet rigid diaphragm and over hung voice coil, combined with a computer optimized magnetic circuit produce an extended high frequency response that remains distortion free even at extreme volume levels. The front baffle is designed to eliminate mid and high frequency diffractions, maximizing three dimensional realism.

Crossover Network: The crossovers (two networks per speaker) are 2-way acoustical fourth order Linkwitz-Riley type with a 24 dB/octave slope. Tight tolerances were used when choosing the crossover components; heavy multi-laminated iron cores are used for large value inductors, high gauge wire air core inductors are used for medium and small values, all the capacitors are low loss and film capacitors are used for the midrange and treble frequencies. The tweeters and woofers are crossed over at 2,000 Hz.

Connections

Dual Binding Posts: The dual 5-way binding post input terminals are located on the lower rear of the speaker cabinet. Out of the box the two sets of binding posts are shorted together (in phase) by gold-plated jumpers. With the jumpers removed the two sections of the speaker can be wired out of phase (dipole) using the included jumper wires, or wired to separate channels. The binding posts will accept spade connectors, single or dual banana plugs, pin connectors, and bare wire up to 8 gauge.

Note: If wall mounting the speakers, banana plug connectors should not be used (they protrude too far and the speakers won't hang properly using the included brackets).

Mounting Options

Mounting: The Imagine S can be wall mounted using the included brackets. The bracket adds approximately 1/4" to the depth of the speaker.

Specifications

Frequency Response:

• On Axis @ 0°: 65-23,000 Hz (+/-3 dB)
• On Axis @ 0°: 68-20,000 Hz (+/-1.5 dB)
• Off Axis @ 30°: 68-10,000 Hz (+/-1.5 dB)
• Low Frequency Cutoff -10 dB: 58 Hz

Sensitivity:

• Anechoic Chamber: 87 dB
• Typical Listening Room: 89 dB