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Pioneer Launches New EX Series High-end Speakers for Exceptional Audio Performance (11/7/2005)

Pioneer today announces the availability of its new series of high-end speakers, comprising the floor-standing - S-1EX, the centre, S-7EX and the bookshelf; S-2EX; the high performance speakers are the result of collaboration between a team of Pioneer's leading audio experts drawn from Japan, US and France. The speaker units are specially designed by Technical Audio Devices (TAD) and, with the high-quality Beryllium tweeter and perfect setting of the acoustic centres, provide no-compromise sound perfection for the serious music lover.

"Pioneer is renowned for its heritage and ongoing innovation in audio technology and to create the exceptional performance of our EX speakers weāve pulled together some of the world's leading audio engineers to collaborate on this exciting project. The result? A combination of must-have technologies for high-end audio performance for audiophiles, packaged in elegant, stylish units to provide speakers that look great and deliver audio that's remarkable in its precision" says Jim Catcheside, Product Manager, Product Management & Technology, Home Entertainment Division, Pioneer GB Limited.

The EX series will be marketed across the globe and will lead Pioneer's strategy of providing best-in-class performance for key audio categories. TAD is renowned as the reference manufacturer for professional recording speakers and its design of the speaker units underlines the capabilities of the EX range. The 3-way floor-standing and centre speakers feature two 18cm TAD woofers with Carbon-Aramid cones, and a concentric TAD mid-range/tweeter speaker unit including a 14cm magnesium mid-range cone and a 2.5cm Beryllium tweeter.

With each model of the range featuring a Beryllium tweeter, each speaker doesnāt need supplementary super tweeters to reproduce the very high frequencies (up to 100 kHz) of DVD-Audio or SACD formats. Performance is further advanced by the perfect setting of the acoustic centres of the EX's concentric transducers (medium/tweeter) that markedly improves the sound image precision and the off-axis frequency response of the speaker system.

These speaker units are assembled on a heavy and very rigid cabinet (up to 100mm thick), which has been specially designed to minimize the internal standing waves. The front baffle has been shaped to ensure the perfect time alignment of the sound ö sounds coming from each speaker unit will arrive at the listener at the same time. This perfect time alignment will avoid any additional sound colouration due to the different delays.

An attractive finish of real beech veneer or a fashionable dark wood veneer will complement contemporary interiors.

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