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The  enclosure  is  finished  on  all  sides
(including  the  insides)  with  wood
veneer,  having  several  choices,
including my favorite, natural cherry.

The grilles are metal frames that attach
by  use  of  small  magnets  embedded  in
the enclosure front metal plate.

The  speaker  binding  posts  are  of  very
high  quality,  are  extremely  heavy,  and
gold plated. They are not bi-wirable.

If  you  notice  from  the  photos,  the
speakers  are  angled  back.  This  aligns
the voice coils of the drivers in a vertical
plane, since the woofer voice coil would
otherwise be farther back than the voice
coil  of  the  tweeter  if  the  speaker  were
straight  up  and  down.  As  a  result,  the
sound  from  the  tweeter  and  woofer
reach  your  ears  at  the  same  time.  Why

Summary of Contents for CS2.4

Page 1: ...n a coincident sound for the highs and mids meaning that they are coming from the same spot on the enclosure It is a technology developed in 1997 for the CS2 3s and has also been used in their PCS and MCS1 speakers The version in the CS2 4 is improved over the one in the CS2 3 The photo below shows a close up of the tweeter mid driver The center 1 is the tweeter with a small black rubber surround ...

Page 2: ...e speaker binding posts are of very high quality are extremely heavy and gold plated They are not bi wirable If you notice from the photos the speakers are angled back This aligns the voice coils of the drivers in a vertical plane since the woofer voice coil would otherwise be farther back than the voice coil of the tweeter if the speaker were straight up and down As a result the sound from the tw...

Page 3: ... very tall as if the whole wall were alive almost like listening to my planar speakers However planar speakers sometimes tend to lose a bit of detail because the sound is coming from such a large surface The CS2 4s on the other hand although having a large soundstage still maintained a magnificent amount of detail probably in part because of the coincident tweeter and midrange drivers The bass was...

Page 4: ...g sections here No mushiness or bloated midrange that would be suggestive of high THD I found I needed about 30 watts for the listening level that I like with peaks from 60 watts to about 120 watts as indicated on the McIntosh MC 602 level meters that measure voltage and current to display the watts On the Bench Distortion at 40 Hz and 100 dB microphone was 8 away from respective drivers for disto...

Page 5: ...w The frequency response is quite flat The dips and peaks are somewhat larger than what I get with some smaller speakers because I have to put the microphone farther away I use a distance equal to the distance between the outer edge of the upper driver and the outer edge of the lower driver which in this case includes the passive radiator See how the response fluctuates around the 20 dB line This ...

Page 6: ... soundstage and have marvelous detail They will undoubtedly be one of the great speaker introductions of 2003 At their price I have never heard anything better and many are not nearly as good They are beautifully constructed and pleasing to the eye Recommending the CS2 4s is one of the easiest jobs I have had to date John E Johnson Jr Specifications _ One 1 Metal Tweeter One 3 1 2 Metal Midrange D...

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