The components have been especially developed - for the bass/low-mid a 12" Transcoil design where the use of a secondary coil on the speaker's magnetic pole piece eliminates voice coil inductance, resulting in a much improved transient response, increased dynamic range and significantly lower distortion, say the company.
The compression driver used is an innovative new 3" titanium diaphragm design. Through the use of Nitrate Vapor Particle Development (VPD) an additional layer of material is fused to the titanium at a molecular level. This dramatically improves the resonance characteristics, resulting in lower distortion artifacts and an improved frequency response, extending way beyond that of traditional large format drivers.
The EX 12 horn was designed to be as smooth as possible within its operating bandwidth and to display perfect response alongside the 12" Transcoil woofer. The mechanical design allows the horn to be rotated 90° for horizontal use, ensuring complete flexibility. Capable of 127dB sustained output the EX12 is compact yet extremely powerful for its size. To achieve this KV2 have designed the Amplifiers to perfectly match the transducers. A 450W high efficiency low frequency amplifier and a high quality 50W low inter-modulation distortion class A/B high frequency amplifier, create a seamless full-range system with an extreme dynamic range, maintained even under clipping conditions, providing clear, ripple free performance, say KV2.
Using an asymmetrical, trapezoidal Baltic Birch cabinet design with top and side handles, EX12 will join KV2 Audio's other products and lead the way in the next generation of Active Loudspeaker Systems.
(Lee Baldock)
