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“It is not enough to know your craft - you
have to have feeling. Science is all very well,
but for us imagination is worth far more.”
– Edouard Manet
Powerful Mid-Frequency and Bass
Drivers with Unidirectional Carbon
Fiber Multi-Section Cones with Nomex®
Backers. Masterpiece CI loudspeakers
feature cones custom-built using unidirectional
carbon fiber, a material that is twice as strong
as steel but with a sixth of the density, for
exceptional rigidity without excessive weight.
They are designed in multiple sections to take
full advantage of the benefits of this material.
Each cone is reinforced by a Nomex backer, for
additional damping that prevents ringing and
reduces breakup modes in these extremely rigid
cones. The drivers feature powerful, efficient
magnet structures, enabling massive excursion and
huge sound output, while preserving deep bass
details, even at sustained, lifelike volume levels.
Driver Engineering Details. Masterpiece CI
features innovation upon innovation. To deliver
more accuracy in the critical midrange, the mid-
frequency drivers have had their suspensions
(spider and surround) “stiffened.” Stiffening the
suspension raises the driver’s resonant frequency
and optimizes its performance to achieve a
more natural roll-off, inherently keeping it in an
ideal range for mid-frequency reproduction.
Each cone includes a concave dust cap that
adds additional strength and rigidity, while
further reducing breakup modes. An inverted
surround design maximizes clearance behind
the grille, helping enhance driver excursion,
clarity, and linearity.
Masterpiece CI mid-range and bass sections
perfectly blend with the extreme accuracy of
the high resolution Folded Motion XT tweeters,
for a bold, seamless, distortion-free line-source
performance throughout large listening areas.
Tribute 5XW and Monument 7XW feature passive
radiators constructed from the same high-strength,
low mass material as the woofers—unidirectional
carbon fiber multi-section cone diaphragms with
Nomex
®
backers. These passive radiators ensure
shockingly powerful, dynamic, and distortion-free
bass from a small, unobtrusive, sealed enclosure.