Nighthawk Speaker System No.1636

Nighthawk Speaker System No.1636 is made to order, please allow 4 months lead time. 

Got questions? Please contact

Joseph_crowe@josephcrowe.com

$50,000 USD per pair plus shipping 

Sound Characteristics 

• Precise and focused sound 
  
• Reference for timbral accuracy and authenticity to human voice and instrument 
• Excellent coherency and soundstage depth  
• Extremely high output SPL capability 

Specification 

• 30Hz-30kHz 
  
• 100dB Sensitivity 
  • 120Hz-20kHz (for nighthawk horn section)
  • Active bass section (see notes below on crossover)
• 16ohm load (excellent for tube amplification)
  
• 300lbs per speaker 
• 120Hz & 1.2kHz crossover points 

Low Frequency Section 

• 12" Bass Reflex 
  
• 24mm thick baltic birch plywood construction 
• Steel support structure, powder coated 
• Solid walnut side cheeks 
• ISO Acoustics Gaia l isolation feet pocketed out into walnut base 
• 45mm thick solid walnut base plinth 

Midrange and High Frequency Section 

• Hourglass horn shape which offers wide and well behaved off-axis coverage
• Full ES curvature on midrange and high frequency for low diffraction and coloration 
• ScanSpeak midrange drivers (x4  3” driver per cabinet)
• 1" compression driver for high frequency 
• Precision CNC machined horn from solid hardwood 
  

Support Structure 

• Metal support structure (1/4" thick steel) 
• High definition CNC plasma cut sheet steel 
• Powder coated black 

Crossover 

The Nighthawk uses a hybrid of active and passive. The bass section is active powered by a 500w amplifier mounted in the base of the speaker fully concealed. Signal for the amplifier is sourced by speaker level. This eliminates the need for a separate signal cable to each speaker. They system is a "set and forget" setup with auto-on/off. 

The midrange and treble section is fully passive using a very minimalist crossover. Sensitivity on this portion of the system is 100dB using a very easy 16ohm load. Crossover point is 150Hz to the Nighthawk horn section. 

Since the bass section gets its signal from your tube amplifier, it will also adopt any sound characteristics of the tube amp. The plate amplifier is the latest in class D technology and does not have a particular sound character of its own. 

DSP room correction is built into the low frequency amplifier allowing for some modest room correction (if required). 

Final System Setup (Optional)

• Delivery and setup at customer's address  
• DSP room correction using reference microphone 
• Fine tuning of system using variety of customer's music