Neat Momentum 4i Iso-Baric?


There is a pair of these listed on AG and they have my interest. Can someone explains the Iso-Baric feature, pros/cons, are ther other speakers with this feature?

I currently have the following speakers in use at home: Spendor SP7/1, Dynaudio Contour 1.8 MKII and Vienna Acoustic Mozart. Using respective amps: Prima Luna Prologue One, Marantz MA700 Monos, Primare A30.1 Any comparison to these would be helpful.

Experience with Neat is with the Critique Pros bookshelf, a favorite bookshelf without consideration of price.

How do the Momentus 4i compare to my other speakers and what amps listed are the best match?

Thanks!
stevensctt

Showing 1 response by pbnaudio

Isobaric also called compound loading is basically two woofers mounted front to front or front to back with a very small airspace between them wired so the the cones move in the same direction. Advantages are half the distortion and that the pair only need 1/2 the cabinet volume behind them to achieve the same bass output. Disadvantages are half the impedance and the fact that you need two woofers.

In my Montana EPX i use this technique, each box use 4 woofers, 4 ohm wired in series parallel for a combined impedance of 4 ohms - tremendous bass out put for a relatively modest sized floor stander.

As always, good listening

Peter