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One for the Road
Combining 18mm Plywood with a strong durable outer coating the KX 12 and KX 15 offer the ultimate combination of a natural sounding product with a level of protection much greater than conventional plastic cabinets for the rigours of the road. Our KX 1.2 and KX 1.5 subwoofers are made from the highest quality Baltic Birch Plywood protected by our industry standard “Tour Grade” paintwork.
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The Best Components
Every loudspeaker used in a KX Audio system and is specifically developed for its application and represents the cutting edge of transducer Design. This leads to components that become the ultimate solution for their given application, not just an off the shelf driver made to function adequately well as is so often seen.In creating KX audio products we have embarked on an intense journey to develop components that achieved the strongest combination of output, power handling and control but also to specifically reduce distortion in all our designs. Our goal was based on the audibility limits of the human ear with odd and even harmonics. Generally speaking we can only hear distortion levels of even harmonics when they reach levels of 1% - 2%, but we can hear distortion levels as low as 0.1% in odd harmonics of a signal. By dropping the amount of 3rdharmonic distortion from 1% to 0.1% in our speakers we have dramatically increased the true dynamic range. This has been achieved through transducer design and supporting electronic KX Audio products boasting up to 20db greater dynamic range than other competing products. Add to this a wide dispersion shallow horn with a mild compression ratio and you are really maximising the transfer of pure musical energy to an audience - where it matters.
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Play Louder for Longer
Focusing on the technologies of heat dissipation, speaker loading and the correct mounting of components we deal with the key part that Power Compression plays in a system’s overall performance, an important area often overlooked. At this point other manufacturers bold claims of extremely high SPL’s become tarnished as measurements 30 minutes into a show often reveal reductions of up to 6dB in overall output.
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Amplification
KX Audio design amplifiers from the ground up. This approach allows us to employ and refine the perfect types of power for accurately reproducing highs, mids and bass frequencies. Low frequency devices have a unique set of requirements. Woofers are large, heavy and difficult to keep under control. On one hand you need lots of power but besides cone size and weight the single most important trait is the woofers phase shift characteristics. Under phase shift conditions, you may be required to produce double the current at half the voltage in order to keep the woofer under control. A standard amplifier cannot accommodate this so we developed a new amplifier topology capable of providing much higher current and better damping than a standard Class H or Class D design. Achieving over 90% efficiency this design also minimizes cooling requirements and increases reliability. For sound quality reasons in mid and high frequency reproduction we use an exclusive new patent pending design of a High Power Bandwidth amplifier.
Compared with standard I.C. high frequency amplifiers the warmth and clarity provided by this amplifier is ideal for smooth vocal reproduction, increased projection and extended high frequency response. |
