MartinLogan Helos 100 High-Performance In-Ceiling Speaker (Single)

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 8.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 13 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0018Z9Y5S
• Item model number: Helos100
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #69,965 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 17, 2008

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

MartinLogan - The Great American Speaker Company

Since 1983 MartinLogan, the great American speaker company, has hand-crafted high performance electrostatic speakers. Their award-winning designs, advanced technologies, and outstanding customer service have long made MartinLogan's amazingly detailed speakers a must have for home theater and music lovers around the world.

The paintable Helos grills seamlessly integrate into your living space while delivering reference-quality sound

The Helos' compact design makes for easy installation

Helos 100: Ultimate In-Ceiling Performance

Continuing in the tradition of MartinLogan's critically acclaimed in-wall speakers (Voyage, Passage, and Ticket), our dedicated in-house design and engineering team looked to the sky. The Helos 100 delivers legendary MartinLogan quality and performance in a compact, high-resolution in-ceiling loudspeaker. Featuring a 1-inch neodymium soft dome tweeter, high-rigidity aluminum cone woofer, and proprietary Vojtko crossover topology, Helos 100 effortlessly provides solid imaging with extreme sonic accuracy. An acoustic contour switch tailors dispersion assuring a top-notch performance in any installation.

Quick, Trouble-Free Installation
A robust mounting-lock system allows quick, trouble-free installation. When not in use, the constant-control, die-cast mounting locks are held securely within a self-contained housing. When moved into place during installation, they couple the speaker's chassis firmly to the ceiling. And if the speaker is ever removed, the locks retract and latch themselves back in their housings.

Each Helos 100 speaker comes with a full-size installation template that features quick-reference instructions, and die-cut guides for marking the cutout hole.

Low-Distortion Aluminum-Cone Woofer
Utilizing a high-excursion, high-resolution state-of-the-art woofer specially designed for accurate in-wall bass performance, the Helos 100 delivers a precise low-end with accuracy, authority and extension uncommon to traditional in-ceiling loudspeakers.

Hand-built components ensure lasting quality

Vojtko Crossover
Carefully hand-built using only the finest polyester capacitors and air-core coils, the crossover employ's MartinLogan's proprietary Vojtko topology for vanishingly low distortion and seamless driver integration. This precision-tuned network preserves even the most microscopic sonic nuances while handling the full dynamics of any source.

Acoustic Contour Switch Fine Tunes Dispersion
A unique acoustic contour switch tailors high-frequency performance to provide either spot or wide dispersion, assuring a top-notch performance in any installation.

Application and Aesthetic Versatility
Helos 100 is suitable for any application in any audio system, whether stereo or multi-channel, while a paintable frame and grill endows the Helos 100 with the flexibility to complement any decor.

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The Final Breakdown: Technical Specifications

	Frequency Response:	37-20,000 Hz ± 3dB
	Aiming:	Rotate Speaker Assembly
	Sensitivity:	92 dB/2.83 volts/meter
	Impedance:	4 ohms
	Crossover Frequency:	2000 Hz
	Components:	Air core coils, polyester capacitors
	Controls:	Spot/wide acoustic contour switch
	High Frequency Driver:	1" (2.5 cm) neodymium soft-dome tweeter with heat sink
	Woofer Type:	8" (20.3 cm) cast basket, high rigidity aluminum cones with extended throw drive assembly, thermal protection
	Power Handling:	100 watts
	Weight:	8.5 lbs./channel (3.9 kg)
	Overall Size (WxD):	12" x 6.5" (30.5 x 16.6 cm)
	Required Ceiling Opening Including Tolerance:	11" (28 cm)
	Projection From Ceiling Surface:	0.625" (1.6 cm)
	Depth Required Behind Ceiling Surface:	6" (15.3cm)

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Other MartinLogan Custom Install Solutions (sold seperately)

	Voyage In-Wall Speaker - The MartinLogan Voyage in-wall speaker system is a ultimate-performance speaker for your home theater entertainment room.. It is the world's most sophisticated and elegant architectural loudspeaker, The Voyage in-wall speaker sounds so clean and dynamic, you'd think it were a superb standalone design. Not surprising, since it borrows so much from our own, including Advanced Thin Film drivers and high-resolution woofers. A rigid aluminum chassis and die-cast mounting locks enhance performance and ease installation, while an adjustable tweeter-alignment sphere, paintable end caps, and a selection of grille colors provide incredible adaptability.
	Passage In-Wall Speaker - A uniquely elegant and extremely accurate in-wall speaker, Passage is a remarkable performer delivering the sound quality you would expect to hear from one of MartinLogan's floorstanding loudspeakers. With twin high-resolution aluminum-cone woofers, a world class ATF (Advanced Thin Film) tweeter, an advanced-technology Vojtko crossover and a rigid aluminum chassis and 1" front baffle, Passage is quite simply an in-wall loudspeaker marvel. The result is a full, wonderfully smooth and engaging sound with clean and surprisingly deep bass foundation.
	Ticket In-Wall Speaker - The MartinLogan Ticket in-wall speaker is a compact, affordable in-wall speaker for every room in your home. While significantly smaller than Passage, the elegant, affordable Ticket in-wall speaker is nonetheless a very strong performer. Its dual long-throw, high-resolution woofers, integrated dome tweeter, and advanced Vojtko¿ crossover deliver rich, clear sound and superb stereo imaging. Ticket also features paintable end caps and a selection of grille colors for perfect matching with any decor. Its quick and easy, yet very secure, installation system is the same used in Voyage and Passage speakers from MartinLogan.
	Helos 20 In-Ceiling Speaker - A direct descendant from the Helos100, the Helos 20 continues with the MartinLogan tradition of exceptional sound. The Helos 20 has the ability compliment any decor with it's paintable grill and frame. Sonically, the Helos 20 boasts a dual voice coil system with two 0.75 inch soft dome tweeters with a pivoting stem and a single 6.5 inch woofer, creating crisp accurate sound. Frequency response ranges from 47-20,000 Hz.
	Helos 10 In-Ceiling Speaker - The Helos 10 delivers legendary MartinLogan quality and performance in a compact, high-resolution in-ceiling loudspeaker. Featuring a 1-inch neodymium soft dome tweeter mounted in an aimable stem, high-rigidity aluminum cone woofer, and proprietary Vojtko crossover topology, Helos 10 effortlessly provides extreme sonic accuracy.

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Complete Your Home Theater with A MartinLogan Subwoofer (sold seperately)

	Depth i Subwoofer - Depth i deploys the full array of MartinLogan's advanced subwoofer technologies to achieve deep, rich, satisfying bass while preserving electrostatic-like accuracy and detail. Its TriLinear BalancedForce alignment, advanced low-distortion switching amplifier, and sophisticated triple-servo control systems extract the very best possible performance from Depth i's high-resolution 8-inch aluminum-cone drivers. TriLinear BalancedForce places the subwoofer's three drivers precisely 120 degrees apart from each other in the cabinet. Their reaction force vectors meet at the center and exactly cancel, virtually eliminating cabinet resonance and vibration. Gone with them are the cabinet-radiation coloration and bass blur that afflict even the best conventional subwoofers. The triple-servo system, meanwhile, ensures that the output from the drivers themselves - the output we want - is always an absolutely faithful replica of the audio input signal.
	Grotto i Subwoofer - Grotto i deploys the full array of MartinLogan's advanced subwoofer technologies to achieve deep, rich, satisfying bass while preserving electrostatic-like accuracy and detail. Its advanced low-distortion switching amplifier and sophisticated servo control system extract the very best possible performance from Grotto i's high-resolution 10-inch aluminum-cone driver. A powerful 300 watt (900 watt peak) low-distortion, high-reliability amplifier gives Grotto i extremely articulate bass without need of exaggerated amplifier power ratings or transient-blurring ported or passive radiator enclosures common to many modern subwoofers. A proprietary servo system further ensures that output from Grotto i's 10-inch high-resolution aluminum cone woofer is dramatically free of distortion and provides a faithful replica of the audio input signal.
	Dynamo 500 Subwoofer - No other subwoofer offers Dynamo 500's bass extension, power, and detail at such an affordable price. Perfect for either home theater or stereo applications, the Dynamo 500 is solidly built with high-density materials to minimize cabinet resonance and provide a foundation for the high-output 10-inch woofer and high-current 120-watt RMS, 360-watt peak amplifier. Additionally, dual rear-mounted low-turbulence ports maximize bass output while minimizing port induced distortions.

Product Description

The MartinLogan Helos 100 in-ceiling loudspeaker is a high-performance speaker that continues the tradition of MartinLogan's critically acclaimed in-wall speakers. MartinLogan's dedicated in-house design and engineering team looked to the sky for their inspiration. The Helos 100 delivers legendary MartinLogan quality and performance in a compact, high-resolution in-ceiling loudspeaker. Featuring a 1-inch neodymium soft dome tweeter, high-rigidity aluminum cone woofer, and proprietary Vojtko crossover topology, Helos 100 effortlessly provides solid imaging with extreme sonic accuracy. An acoustic contour switch tailors dispersion assuring a top-notch performance in any installation.