That is a 3-way MTM loudspeaker (or 3.5-way as they describe it). Not exactly.
Simple explanation - It follows a 3 octave per driver rule or maximum 4 octaves.
1st driver - subwoofer: 20-80Hz (2 octaves)
2nd driver - woofer: 80-320Hz (2 octaves) or 80-640Hz (3 octaves)
3rd driver - midrange: 640-2560Hz (2 octaves).
4th driver - tweeter: 2560 ->
Most drivers will play best within the 3 octave window, so optimum performance comes from applying this rule 🙂 - The exact crossover point of the drivers has to be judged individually and what suits the cabinet style & sound best.
Ahh... you refer to the aesthetics or looks, then yes 🙂 They are very pleasing to the eye and if they perform as I hope, then all the better. Should open up the possibility to design and build a top contender 😀
😀 Its like Christmas here. The Satori TeXtreme looks like it will push the competition off the table. You should definitely consider a 11.5" and give Accuton some challenges 😉
While we're throwing out wishes...maybe a Textreme 7.5" coaxial for mid/high duty. Around 6mm p-p. Maybe someday 😱
Back when we designed the Satori line, there was also a hard paper cone 13.5" woofer, prototypes exist but it was never launched (there is too little demand) - I would love to do it, though, could be fun.
Are you in position to mention/know how the pricing will be approached? Will it have a premium in the manner of beryllium tweeters or be more like top of the range paper cones?
I don't have anything to do with pricing or sales, so I cannot give you the numbers here (though I am familiar with the price point). It is going to be somewhere in-between.
I do not see the point of having such extended on axis freq response and so normal off axis responses? Why not limiting the on axis response to better match the off axis responses like some classic scan speak drivers?
Count me in real bass needs decent size drivers forget paper though give us the 13.5 textreme version .I was listening to the Heaven and Hell SBD,s last night of Ronnie James Dio's live concert in Germany not long before he died and the 15 and 12 inch drivers just brought it to life awesome ! So dual 13.5 inch a side for me thank you 😀
13.5" Satori TX for SQ, count me in. That would be perfect for an Isobaric loaded 4-way loudspeaker 🙂
I'd also love to see MR13TX with some higher sensitivity like the new 2,5" dome - no need for much xmax in mid.