GoldenEar Invisa 525

Planning a custom-installed GoldenEar home theater? A pair of the Invisa 525 in-ceiling speakers is a great choice for getting Dolby Atmos overhead sound effects in a small- to medium-sized room. Tuneful bass and textured midrange come courtesy of a 5-1/4" polymer woofer, while a HVFR™ (High-Velocity Folded Ribbon) tweeter dishes out ultra-smooth, ultra-revealing highs with music and movies. The Invisa 525's HVFR tweeter is actually a trickle-down technology borrowed from GoldenEar's top-of-the-line Triton Series. It uses neodymium magnets to squeeze and pressurize the air and move a high-density Kapton film diaphragm. This no-resonance, low-distortion design helps the tweeter reach an astonishingly high 35,000 Hz while keeping a smooth, detailed response — even at high volume. There's almost no moving mass, so it isn't subject to the piston-like issues of traditional dome-style tweeters (namely, "wobble" or distortion). The resulting sound is terrific, with a wide soundstage and pinpoint stereo imaging. I...