Klipsch Synergy Custom Series Features Industry Exclusive Pivoting TractrixÆ Horns

Only Company Offering True Continuum

24-May-00

Klipsch, LLC, a leading audio technologies company, is now shipping its Synergy Custom Series - a completely new line of architectural products that sonically match their Synergy Series powered tower, floorstanding, bookshelf, center channel, surround and subwoofer counterparts. According to Executive Vice President Paul Jacobs, Klipsch is the only company in the audio industry offering such a broad breadth of product that matches in technology, materials and styling. ""It's simple. People want more choice and better performance from their home theater and distributed sound configurations,"" Jacobs said. ""The Klipsch Synergy Series and the all new Synergy Custom Series offer a true continuum of high performance loudspeakers that utilize the same advanced technology, the same high-grade materials and the same good-looking industrial design. No other manufacturer can say that.""The defining element of every Synergy Series loudspeaker is its square TractrixÆ Horn. The 5.25-inch horn used in most Synergy Series products, the 4-inch horn used in the new Synergy System 6 family and the proprietary pivoting square Tractrix used in the Synergy Series in-wall models provide smoother response and a more consistent coverage pattern across the board. Each Klipsch square Tractrix Horn has a consistent 90 x 60-degree coverage pattern and delivers realistic spatial imaging, smooth, neutral musical reproduction and minimal sonic coloration.Other standard Synergy Series materials that are included in the six new Synergy Custom models include: - aluminum diaphragms - injected graphite cones - rubber surrounds - cast polymer frames - high-definition crossover networks - phase-aligned driversThe three Synergy Custom Series in-ceiling products - SCR-1 5.25-inch two-way, SCR-2 6.5-inch two-way and SCR-3 8-inch two-way - feature a newly developed 1-inch 360 degree rotating aluminum dome Tractrix Horn tweeter and a -3dB tweeter attenuation switch that is accessible from the front baffle.The three Synergy Custom Series in-wall products - SCW-1 5.25-inch two-way, SCW-2 6.5-inch two-way and SCW-3 8-inch two-way - incorporate the same materials and front baffle attenuation switch as the in-ceiling models, but also feature a proprietary 5.25-inch square Tractrix horn that rotates +/- 10 degrees in the horizontal plane. The first horn-loaded design of its kind in the marketplace, this feature greatly improves stereo imaging by allowing the tweeter horns to be toed in toward the listening area even though the unit is mounted flush in the wall.The Synergy Custom Series loudspeakers retail at: - SCR-1 5.25-inch two-way in-ceiling, $330/pair U.S. MSRP - SCR-2 6.5-inch two-way in-ceiling, $400/pair U.S. MSRP - SCR-3 8-inch two-way in-ceiling, $550/pair U.S. MSRP - SCW-1 5.25-inch two-way in-wall, $330/pair U.S. MSRP - SCW-2 6.5-inch two-way in-wall, $450/pair U.S. MSRP - SCW-3 8-inch two-way in-wall, $550/pair U.S. MSRPInstallation kits for the Synergy Custom Series models are sold in pairs and range from $36 to $54 U.S. MSRP.Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana with manufacturing facilities in Hope, Arkansas and Huntington, Indiana, Klipsch, LLC was founded in the 1940s by audio pioneer Paul W. Klipsch. Indianapolis entrepreneur Fred S. Klipsch (a cousin to Paul W. Klipsch) and his wife Judy Klipsch bought the company in 1989, guiding it to its current position as a global leader in audio technologies. With distribution of the brand to specialty audio retailers as its core business, Klipsch manufactures and markets complete lines of consumer and professional loudspeakers.