Excel Mikro Monitor with Seas driver as in Hobby HiFi 4/05

Excel Mikro Monitor aus Hobby HiFi 4/2005
Excel Mikro Monitor aus Hobby HiFi 4/2005
Technical data:
- size (HxWxD): 35 x 15 x26 cm
  or (without base): 107 x 15 x 21 cm
- impedance: 8 Ohm
- sensitivity: 80 dB
- frequency range (-8dB): 38 - 35000 Hz
- crossover frequency: 3500 Hz
- speaker type: bass reflex
Using the Seas Noferro 12 tweeter and the Seas Excel W12 CY 001 bass driver, Bernd Timmermanns designed a small high quality 2 way loudspeaker, to be used floorstanding or on a shelf.

Review in Hobby HiFi 4/2005:
...."Both loudspeakers baffled the listeners with a particularly grown-up sound. With eyes closed they seemed to be much bigger. Everyone listening to the Excel Mikros will seriously start contemplating whether bigger loudspeaker make any sense. Sure, bigger speakers do make sense: if you don't pay attention to the volume setting and out of the blue a double bass string is plucked with force (The Yuri Honing Trio: Walking On The Moon, to be found on the Manger test CD), the these slim bass diaphragms are getting into trouble. Just a little discipline in adjusting the volume setting, however, will ensure an incredible music experience. Even highly complex orchestral works, such as Carl Orff's Carmina Burana on Telarc, are mastered with ease and al the lushness of this piece is revealed. We have not heard the rich sound of "The Cost Of Freedom" by Marla Gien any better on our Triga. With speaker stand they show a more fundamental performance with even more and deeper bass."....

Our standard kit consists of:

- Seas Noferro 12 tweeter
- Seas Excel W12 CY001 bas driver
- 2 HP 35 bass reflex tubes
- 1 mat Damping 10 (for interior cover)
- 1 x Bondum 800 (for damping)
- 10 x PAN screws
- 0.5 self adhesive foam sealing tape
- 2 brass PK-31 binding posts, gold plated
- 3 metre silver plated cable 2x2,5 mm2
- building instruction
- the crossover components to be mounted on wood:
- 1.5 mH air core coil with 1.4 mm wire
- 0.07 mH air core coil with 0.7 mm wire
- 0.27 mH with 0.7 mm wire
- 2x 3.3 uF Mundorf MKP
- 1x 10 uF Mundorf MKP
- 2x 4.7 Ohm MOX4 (yellow-purple-gold)

Price Excel Mikro Monitor without cabinet per unit: EUR 263,00

Hig-end version: Excel Mikro Monitor

The high-end version contains:
- a high quality 1.5 mH low resistance Mundorf cfc12 copper foil coil
- a high quality 0.27 mH Mundorf cfc16 copper foil coil
- capacitors for the tweeter:
    10 uF Mundorf MCAP Supreme (with lowest losses) and
    3.3 uF Mundorf MCAP Supreme

Price high-end Excel Mikro Monitor without cabinet per unit: EUR 368,00

Impedance linearisation

When a valve amp is being used an impedance linearisation is needed. The kit contains:
- 1 x 8.2 Ohm ceramic resistor with 20W,
- 1 x 22 uF ELCO non-etched and
- 1 x 0.33 mH air core coil with 0.7 mm wire.

Price impedance linearisation per unit: EUR 7,80

Although higher quality components are not necessary, they are available as well.

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