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The Estelon XC loudspeaker - slim, elegant design combined with new, cutting edge technology delivers virtually perfect sound!
"I could not fault in any way, no matter what music I listened to - Our Highest Recommendation!" - Tone Audio
Estelon XC demo pair, Gloss Silver finish
Custom stands included
Dealer demo pair of Estelon XC loudspeakers in gloss silver finish. Approx. 2.5 yrs. old, light use, 8/10 condition due some light marks on the tops of both speakers that don’t show in photos - front and sides are perfect. Stands are included. 2 year warrranty.
New $26,100, sell for $132,995.
Audio Revelation is an authorized Estelon dealer.
Testimonials (on all Estelon speakers)
"The Estelon XC provides fantastic performance in a compact shape. Suitable for most rooms, these speakers
are highly revealing and make for an excellent cornerstone for a no-compromise system. Enthusiastically recommended!"
- Jeff Dorgay, Tone Audio, July 2012
"The ZL2Se Concert Fidelity amp produceded one of the show’s best sounds driving the Estelon X Diamond loudspeakers"
- Robert Harley, Newport Show 2012 report, The Absolute Sound
Winner 2011 CES Innovations Award - Estelon XA
"The fanatical attention to detail shows what can be accomplished when a great driver set is combined with cutting-edge materials and design. We give these speakers our highest recommendation and look forward to listening to some more of Estelon’s creations in the months to follow. This is a pair of speakers that I could not fault in any way, no matter what music I listened to."
- Jeff Dorgay, Tone Audio - on the Estelon XA (read the review)
"I believe that the XAs would do extremely well in one on one comparisons with other speakers that cost double the price of the XAs. If you are in the market for expensive speakers you need to put the XAs on your short list. Even if you cannot afford the XA speakers, you still should hear them if you get the chance. The Estelon XA speakers are quite remarkable."
- Roger Gordon, Positive Feedback Online, (read the review)
"I was drawn into the Kubala-Sosna room by the sound of Jimi Hendrix playing "Born Under a Bad Sign." ! (The sound) was rich, full-range, and clean."
- John Atkinson, Stereophile, 2011 CES Show Report
" While the XA’s soft curves provide the initial allure, its breathtaking performance will keep listeners engaged for hours on end. This is a true full-range speaker, with bass that extends effortlessly into the low-20 Hz region... The Estelon XA, at $43,990 a pair, belongs in a listening room alongside the world’s finest components."
- The Robb Report, March 2011
Overview
Inspired by the development of the Estelon XA, the Estelon XC offers much of the XA’s qualities in a smaller and less expensive full range monitor. Exceptionally wide imaging, deep sound staging and thrilling life like dynamics are a hallmark of Estelon loudspeakers and the XC is no exception. By combining these legendary sonic attributes with a musically detailed presentation, Estelon has again redefined the standard reference in a small speaker design. Cosmetically, like its full-sized, floor-standing brother, the diminutive XC features the same seductively shaped E-lon cabinet and multi coated lacquer finish. When high-resolution performance is required, the Estelon XC is the ideal choice for listening rooms where the larger Estelon XA would be impractical or excessive.
The dedicated floor stands are directly couple via thumbscrews to the Estelon XC’s base, raising the speakers to the optimal listening point, while providing adjustable rake via the spikes.
Cabinet Design - The E-lon shape, its evolution, choices of material and time-honored construction techniques - a special casting process, the use of a proprietary marble based composite and the extensive use of sub-structural stiffening spars breaks up resonance nodes and creates an internal acoustic chamber of non-parallel sidewalls that is all but immune to unwanted standing waves that can cause a colored sound. During the final hand-assembly process each speaker is individually tuned to maintain uniformity from unit to unit. Unusual in its defined form, the results of this cabinet construction allows it to be easily couple with even difficult room acoustics - allowing bass to roll effortlessly into the listening space. Here, the form is more tightly tailored and the reduction in overall scale works to its advantage allowing it to be easily integrated into a variety of listening spaces.
Transducers - Meticulously fitted, the drive units employed are the highest expression of transducer design. The two 173 mm German made Accuton bass-midrange drivers are a sophisticated design with particular attention paid to the 32mm titanium voice coil former and the surrounding air gap to provide maximum freedom from dynamic compression in conjunction with the use of a special ultra stiff ceramic dome - valued for its midrange neutrality, are mated to their own acoustic enclosure. All moving elements of the individual driver are ventilated for “resonance free” response. The 30 mm high frequency driver has ultra hard ceramic dome. Anti-resonant cutout fills in the ceramic dome provide for damping of the dome resonance. A neodymium overhung motor design with vented aluminium voice coil former guarantees low energy storage and excellent heat transfer. The soft fabric surround and ferrofluid with high viscosity center the moving parts with distinctive linearity. Each drive unit is “broken in” by running signal through them for several hours before being fitted into the cabinet, and finally the speakers’ individual tuning.
Crossover - A “minimalist design” 2nd order crossover is used mainly for the natural sound such a design affords. All component parts used are of the highest quality and were chosen through extensive listening tests based on subjective musicality - Mii Teflon hybrid capacitors, Kubala-Sosna internal wiring. Often, seemingly minor changes greatly affected the final sound! Such attention to detail is readily apparent upon first hearing - the result - a totally coherent signal path, a claim proved out based from extensive A/B listening.
Finish - Just as in the making of a great musical instrument, the finish has a profound effect on the final sound! After casting, the proprietary marble based composite is allowed to age, prior to the application of a multi layer internal resonance compound. Only after this time consuming process does the preparation of the surface of the cabinet commence. Manual labor - hand sanding and sealing, layer upon layer, applied using an elaborate and time-consuming procedure. And finally the multiple coats of the lacquer finish is applied - hand sanding accompanying each finishing coat. Final polishing - to a mirror-like finish, again, is done by hand. The Estelon XC is offered in a choice of liquid gloss or matte finishes.
The X-Series of Estelon speakers:
Sound Diffusers - Instruments designed with the goal of giving the listening experience the emotional vigor of the event, the performance - by creating sound. Sound reproduction instruments that allow audio to enforce the listening and viewing experience with its power of expression. Emotional - Involving - Engaging - It’s all a question of the balance - perfect, captivating, but building and delivering expectations of refined power and listening pleasure.
Slim and Elegant by design - Sculptures - cast to create shapes, not only beautiful in design, but creating the shape and proportions required to simply reproduce sound "in a more natural and balanced way."
About Estelon
Estelon, a Tallinn based design studio and think tank, is not simply a business but a dedication, a dedication to a single, heartfelt idea - the production of Instruments, Sound Diffusers, Sculptures - capable of unveiling the rich, emotional tapestry of music in a personally involving way.
For more than 25 years, the designer and founder, Alfred Vassilkov, has been designing loudspeakers - achieving success both in design and patents - with developed products, in Europe. A decision was made - that to establish his own brand based on his gathered experience and knowledge.
Alfred Vassilkov, designer and founder of Estelon
Such dedication carries with it the implicit responsibility of a wholly uncompromising approach to audio design. Pride of craftsmanship shares equal footing with sonic innovation. Their visionary achievements, their quest for musical truth, continuously pushing the envelope - the result is a product line that offers unrivaled musical revelation packaged in designs of unparalleled beauty.
More importantly, Estelon hopes that their efforts can, in some small way, offer a key that assists listeners in unlocking the vast structure of emotion that is - music.
For Estelon, the new brand, the visionary development started in 2006 when Alfred started to analyze materials and technologies for producing cabinets with streamlined shapes that could not only reproduce the best sound but also assimilate into an interior, with their elegant "sculpture" look. Years of work had led him to a proprietary, crushed marble based composite. The material having excellent stiffness and damping factors, as well as technical features that allowed for the creation of cabinets with a design that enhances the sound reproduction capability of the system as a whole.
The special E-lon shape of the loudspeaker creates ideal conditions for sound reproduction. Its rounded form excludes corner reflections. A narrowing of the tweeter area - the front panel sculpted - to achieve 0 phase at the listening point, while its larger radiuses maintain their excellent influences on the direction diagram. The cabinet becomes wider and deeper at its base for both stability and to allow for the volume required for effective low frequency reproduction.
Finally, every loudspeaker produced must pass Alfred & Partners extreme level of quality control - each pair of loudspeakers is assembled, tuned and then listened to individually. AND lastly, all the products are handmade in Estonia, to their exacting standards.
Specifications
- Woofer: 2 x 7’’ Accuton, ceramic sandwich dome
- Tweeter: 2’’ Accuton, ceramic inverted dome
- Internal Wiring: Kubala-Sosna
- Frequency Response: 45-28 000 Hz
- Power Rating: 150 W
- Nominal Impedance: 4 ohms (min 3.5 ohms at 60 Hz)
- Sensitivity: 91 dB/2,83 V
- Minimum Amplifier Power: 20W
- Height: 1260 mm w stand
- Width: 332 mm
- Depth: 394 mm
- Net Weight: 42kg each
- Shipping Weight: 70kg each
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