MartinLogan Helos10 In-Ceiling Speaker with Paintable Frame and Grill

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 4.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0018ZDBMK
• Item model number: Helos10
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #31,947 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 3, 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 10: High-Performance In-Ceiling for Small and Mid-Sized Rooms

In continuing the tradition of our critically acclaimed in-wall speakers the MartinLogan dedicated in-house design and engineering team has looked skyward and developed their first line of reference quality in-ceiling loudspeakers. Delivering legendary MartinLogan build quality and superior sound performance in a very affordable, compact, high-resolution in-ceiling loudspeaker, Helos 10 allows even tight budgets to step up to MartinLogan quality.

Helos 10 features a precise 1-inch neodymium soft dome tweeter for higher power handling capabilities. It's high-rigidity aluminum cone woofer and proprietary crossover topology allow Helos 10 to achieve surprising levels of bass response typically unheard of from an in-ceiling loudspeaker.

Helos 10 effortlessly provides the extreme sonic accuracy you'd expect from a great floor standing speaker - with the design benefit of overhead placement for room "invisibility". Paying scrupulous attention to input from the professional installation trade, MartinLogan has overbuilt the hardware at every point for sure and solid mounting. Helos 10 is at home in a supporting role as a rear and side effects speaker in a multi-channel theater system or as a pair when true stereo is needed.

Want a great 5.1 theater system? Use five Helos 10s and throw in an acclaimed MartinLogan subwoofer. Who says you can't get theater sound from an in-ceiling loudspeaker?

Covering the full range of sound, these speakers are remarkably easy to drive with even modest electronics, yet can easily fill a room with sound. With its very modest price compared with Helos 100, Helos 10 can support a whole home, multiroom plan by offering use in less critical rooms than its more ambitious brother.

Quick, Trouble-Free Installation
A robust mounting-lock system allows for 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. If the speaker is ever removed, the locks retract and latch themselves back in their housings. Each Helos 10 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 6.5" high-excursion, high-resolution state-of-the-art woofer specially designed for accurate in-wall bass performance, the Helos 10 delivers a precise low-end with accuracy, authority and extension uncommon to traditional in-ceiling loudspeakers and nearly as good as the 100 at a value cost.

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.

Application and Aesthetic Versatility
Helos 10 is suitable for any application in any audio/video system, whether stereo or multi-channel. You'll love it's easy to aim tweeter stem design for that final tuning in each particular room condition. A paintable frame and grill endows the Helos 10 with the flexibility to complement any decor. A paint shield is included for your convenience.

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The Final Breakdown: Technical Specifications

	Frequency Response:	47-20,000 Hz ± 3dB
	Aiming:	Pivoting tweeter stem
	Sensitivity:	89 dB/2.83 volts/meter
	Impedance:	4 ohms
	Crossover Frequency:	2800 Hz
	Components:	Air core coils, polyester capacitors
	High Frequency Driver:	1" (2.5 cm) neodymium soft-dome tweeter with heat sink
	Woofer Type:	6.5" (16.5 cm) cast basket, high rigidity aluminum cones with extended throw drive assembly, thermal protection
	Power Handling:	100 watts
	Weight:	4.5 lbs./channel (2 kg)
	Overall Size (WxD):	9.5" x 4.62" (24.2 x 11.7 cm)
	Required Ceiling Opening Including Tolerance:	8.35" (21.2 cm)
	Projection From Ceiling Surface:	0.4" (1 cm)
	Depth Required Behind Ceiling Surface:	4.5" (11.4 cm)

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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 100 In-Ceiling Speaker - Helos 100 is ideal for any room requiring ultimate in-ceiling audio performance such as a 2-channel system in a large living room or a multi-channel system in a discrete home theater. Helos 100's aimable assembly allows a large audience to experience the full potential of the Helos 100. 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.
	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.

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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

A direct descendant from the Helos100, the Helos10 continues with the MartinLogan tradition of exceptional sound. The Helos10 has the ability compliment any décor with it's paintable grill and frame. The Helos20 is amply equipped with a single 0.75 inch soft dome tweeter with a pivoting stem and a single 6.5 inch woofer, creating crisp accurate sound. Frequency response ranges from 47-20,000 Hz.