Cherry Finish

The RAD Micro is our latest offering and is intended for those that need quality sound in a small package. There are few "quality" micro speaker systems are the market today. Many designs are handicapped from the start by insisting to use some sort of cheap paper cone 3" driver and a ¾" tweeter. This means they have to design a crossover around what are normally very low quality drivers to begin with. And even then, the crossover is usually just a single, low quality capacitor on the tweeter to keep from damaging it with low frequency material. We suggest that a better solution is a good quality, full range 3" driver. It is capable of handling low frequency information down to 85Hz and high frequency information all the way up to 20KHz. There's no need for a crossover whatsoever. The aluminum phase plug helps to increase voice coil cooling and therefore power handling, as well as increasing high frequency extension.

RAD Home Theater is proud to introduce our latest loudspeaker, the Metals. Our goal was to produce a small, 2-way with very good bass output while still having very natural mids and highs. They excel at percussion and attack, whether it is drums or the plucked strings of a guitar. Cymbals are very lifelike without being overly harsh or bright. Due to their lower efficiency they will not wake your neighbors but will play at moderate SPL's very well. The Metals are an excellent choice in a music or Home Theater system where the room is not overly large.

Speaker Type: Vented two way
Woofer: 5", shielded, aluminum cone
Tweeter: 1" shielded, titanium dome
Efficiency: 83dB 1W, 1M
Power Handling: Continuous 80W, Peak 150W
Nominal Impedance: 8 ohms
Frequency Response: 60Hz–20000Hz, + 3dB
Dimensions: 12"H x 7.5"W x 9.25"D
Weight: 16 lbs. each
Other Features: air core inductors, Bennic Metallized Polypropylene capacitors, Eagle Metal Oxide Film non-inductive resistors, MIL-spec Teflon silver coated stranded copper wiring, all point to point soldering with silver solder.
Price: $350/pr.

My initial inspiration to build the Pulsar 9.1 was to design a higher-end home theater speaker system that could reproduce dialogue, effects, and music with the speed and accuracy video media requires. The design goals were high efficiency and high output from a small footprint tower. The 9 3" drivers have the same surface area as an 8" woofer but with the better midrange quality of a smaller driver. The result was a speaker that could not only keep up with movies but, were extremely fast, forward, and lively for music. Plus, the high efficiency design works well with a wide variety of amplification.

Should you choose to purchase A/V-1's or A/V-2's from us you can also have stands built to match your speakers' finish. The stands have an MDF center column which is 6" square with the same 3/4" radiused corners that we feature on the cabinets. The column is hollow, allowing it to be filled with sand, lead shot, or even kitty litter. The top plate is a single layer of 3/4" MDF cut to the dimensions of the cabinet and with it's corners rounded to the contour of the cabinet. The base plate is 14"W x 15"D x 1.125" thick MDF. Both the top and base plates are painted with a semi-gloss black latex paint. The stands even come with our standard 3/8" spikes. All hardware necessary for assembly is also included.