Floor Loudspeaker Reviews

Description: Three-way, floorstanding, critically damped, sealed-box loudspeaker. Drive-units: one 10" Kevlar-composite cone woofer, one 2" aluminum-dome midrange, one 1" aluminum-dome tweeter. Crossover type: fourth-order Linkwitz-Reilly. Crossover slope: 12dB/octave. Frequency range: 25Hz–26kHz. System resonance: 25Hz. Nominal impedance: 6 ohms. Sensitivity: 86dB/W/m.
Dimensions: 48" H by 12" W by 21" D. Weight: 225 lbs each.
Serial numbers of units reviewed: 9509 1066A/B.
Price: $5800/pair (grilles add $350/pair) (1997); no longer available (2005). Warranty: 1 year (5 years if registration is returned within 15 days of purchase). Approximate number of dealers: 31.
Manufacturer: Hales Design Group, 16812 Gothard St., Huntington Beach, CA. 92647 (1997).