RC4

Price / Kit (standard crossover) $2,525 / pair

Price / Kit (deluxe crossover) $2,710 / pair

Price / Assembled (standard crossover) $5,995 / pair

Price / Assembled (deluxe crossover)  $6,180 / pair

The RC4 represents a truly full-range speaker that leaves nothing to be desired and competes with other systems selling for 4-5x the cost. Each driver was selected to give the maximum performance possible.

Operating as a 4-way speaker, the drivers include a powered 12" side-mounted subwoofer, dual 8" woofers, a 5" midbass, and ribbon tweeter. Each driver is operated in a very linear fashion to keep distortion low and maintain smooth vertical and horizontal coverage.

To cover the critical midrange area we chose the Seas Excel 5" magnesium cone midbass. The stiff cone yields amazing detail and allows a higher crossover point to optimize the tweeter's operating range. The lower midrange and upper bass are handled by two Seas 8" Excel magnesium cone woofers. Why two drivers? The cone area is equal to a 12" woofer so a great deal of air can be moved for exceptional dynamics without sacrificing speed and detail.

The bottom octave is anchored by a Peerless 12" XXLS subwoofer powered by a 500-watt amplifier. The included active crossover is designed to smoothly integrate with the 8" woofers.

The top octaves are handled by a Fountek CD3.0 ribbon tweeter. The ribbon has very smooth and extended response with excellent detail.

If you already have a subwoofer the RC4's design can be modified to operate as a sealed box with no side-firing subwoofer or plate amplifier. Please contact us for a quote if you're interested in this option.

Sardonyx

Price / Kit (standard crossover) $895/ pair

Price / Kit (deluxe crossover) $995 / pair

Price / Assembled (standard crossover) $1,395 to $1,895 / pair

Price / Assembled (deluxe crossover)  $1,550 to $1,995 / pair

The Tanzanite is a 3-way reference monitor designed for high-end audio and video systems. With a compact 17.5" x 9.5" x 12" cabinet you can enjoy the virtues of a 3-way design in an enclosure normally reserved for 2-way designs.

With a typical 7" 2-way both drivers are asked to do quite a bit of work by covering a very wide frequency range. A 3-way reduces the demands on each driver and each unit can be optimized for a more conservative operating range. The result is wider dispersion and improved power response, yielding a more realistic soundstage and excellent imaging. Distortion is also lower so you can enjoy greater detail and dynamics.

Voiced to match the Sardonyx center channel, the Tanzanite is also fully video shielded for placement near a CRT.

Tanzanite

Price / Kit (standard crossover) $625/ pair

Price / Kit (deluxe crossover) $750 / pair

Price / Assembled (standard crossover) $960 to $1,450 / pair

Price / Assembled (deluxe crossover)  $1,100 to $1,595 / pair

Look no further for a true reference center channel. The Sardonyx utilizes two Seas Excel 7" magnesium cone woofers flanking a Fountek ribbon tweeter and Morel dome midrange. Due to the wide coverage and smooth response this design will integrate very well with any of our other speakers for a truly high-end home theater system.

Assembled speakers

Because most of the cabinets are custom built to order we can offer a variety of real wood veneers. The cost will vary according to what species is selected; however, our pricing is very reasonable with a small upcharge for Rosewood, Bubinga, Pau Ferro, and other exotic veneers. To see what choices are available please visit www.certainlywood.com . They are known for providing very high quality products to cabinetmakers all around the world.

All standard cabinets are constructed from 3/4" MDF with 1" thick baffles and have additional bracing to minimize panel resonances. Our line array cabinets also utilize a multi-ply composite panel for their side and rear sections to create a strong and inert enclosure.

The vertical edges on the front of our custom cabinets are composed of solid hardwood chosen to match the particular veneer used. A radius is applied to lower cabinet diffraction and enhance the visual appeal of the speaker.

Our cabinets are sprayed with a conversion lacquer that has a low amount of V.O.C. and is thus more friendly to the environment. This medium gloss finish is durable and shows the natural beauty of the wood. We proudly manufacture the majority of our cabinets here in North Carolina, furniture capital of the USA! All speaker assembly is performed here as well.


Kits

All kits come standard with cabinet plans, assembled crossovers, drivers, 16awg stranded internal wiring, screws, damping material, gold-plated terminal cups, and foam gasket tape. Solen polypropylene capacitors, Eagle metal oxide resistors, and air core or 15awg steel laminate core inductors (woofers only) are supplied as crossover parts for the "standard" crossovers.

Mundorf, Mills, Goertz, and Clarity Cap components are used in the "deluxe" crossovers in critical circuit path locations. Every situation is different so we select the best components according to what's best for that particular design. If you have any specific requests we'll do our best to honor them.
Shipping

Prices include shipping for the lower 48 states in the USA. Other locations quoted upon request. Assembled speakers and kits are usually shipped via UPS (USPS for international shipments where possible). The larger assembled systems (Alexandrite, XT8, RS8, RC5, and RC4 ) are shipped by truck (USA/Canada) or ocean freight to other countries.

Where possible we use recycled packing materials and all assembled speakers are double-boxed or crated to make sure that your order arrives safely.