XS-85

Gold Note XS-85 Speakers
Gold Note XS-85 Speakers
Gold Note XS-85 Speakers

Our flagship XS-85 is the result of all our engineers years of experience and knowledge. A full range, 3 way floor-standing speaker with anti-turbulence rear bass reflex ports fitted in conjunction with high-quality components, all housed in a beautifully shaped cabinet inspired by our Tuscan heritage. This High-End loudspeaker will give life-long musical pleasure at the very top level. The XS-85 will be the “eye-catcher” in your listening room thanks to the excellent finishes and Italian craftsmanship. They are available in a classic Walnut Hardwood or Black High Gloss Piano Lacquer.

Gold Note XS-85 Speakers

XS-85

Our flagship XS-85 is the result of all our engineers years of experience and knowledge. A full range, 3 way floor-standing speaker with anti-turbulence rear bass reflex ports fitted in conjunction with high-quality components, all housed in a beautifully shaped cabinet inspired by our Tuscan heritage. This High-End loudspeaker will give life-long musical pleasure at the very top level. The XS-85 will be the “eye-catcher” in your listening room thanks to the excellent finishes and Italian craftsmanship. They are available in a classic Walnut Hardwood or Black High Gloss Piano Lacquer.

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FEATURES

TWEETER

For this loudspeaker we developed a 28 mm ultra-linear tweeter with an extra-thin soft silk dome powered by a neodymium magnet and featuring an aluminium dampening elliptical rear chamber. This tweeter provides low frequency resonance, minimal harmonic distortion and an exceptional musicality making it a real high-quality acoustic transducer.

MIDRANGE

The upper cabinet houses two 150mm ultra-linear drivers that feature high mass phase plugs and Nextel treated paper cones to reach high rigidity and fast natural audio response.

Adaptive rubber surrounds provides an ideal match to the cone over the total frequency range.

The extra large magnet system with a long and lightweight CCAW voice coil allows perfect coil excursion and low distortion due to its excellent transient response.

Solid copper rings are mounted above and below the T-shaped pole piece to reduce non-linear and modulation distortions and to increase the overload margin.

The driver is completed by an extremely stiff and stable skeleton in aluminium/magnesium to avoid airflow noises and to increase rigidity and lightness.

WOOFERS

Two 220mm ultra-linear slightly horn loaded, lightweight drivers with a 18gm mass featuring Nextel treated paper aid in producing a fast natural audio response in lower frequencies

Bass drivers feature a large magnet design with bumped back-plate: the large and dampened platform at the back improves stiffness while the extra-long and light weight CCAW voice coil, allows extreme coil excursion, low distortion and excellent transient response

Giant copper rings mounted above and below the T-shaped pole piece reduce distortion for better overload margin

A High mass phase plug reduces compression due to temperature variations in the voice coil

Long-term power handling is increased to eliminate resonances from the cavity inside the voice coil former.

CROSSOVER

The sophisticated triple crossover network, with a multi-slope design, integrates perfectly with the driver array. Anti-resonant, thick glass-fibre boards reward the listener with a natural close field audio experience. Hand-made coils and selected audio grade capacitors with exclusive graphite custom GN resistors complete one of the best crossover available today.

SPECIFICATION

FREQUENCY RESPONSE 30 – 30000 Hz
SENSITIVITY 89dB SPL 2,83V/1m
NOMINAL IMPEDANCE 4Ω semi-resistive
TWEETER 1“ silk dome driver
MIDRANGE 2 x 6“ Nextel treated paper cones
WOOFER 2 x 9“ Nextel Sub-woofer in treated paper
CROSSOVER 200Hz and 2200Hz @ 12dB/Oct.
SUGGESTED POWER AMPLIFIER min. 30Watt
MAX. POWER HANDLING 300W RMS
CONNECTORS Gold Note Rhodium binding posts
DIMENSIONS 357mm W 1280mm H 665mm D
WEIGHT 396 lbs pair net
440 lbs pair boxed
FINISHES Cabinet: Black
Side Panels: Ultra Glossy Italian Walnut or Glossy Gran Piano Black

Downloads

XS-85 User Manual

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