XB MK II Floorstanding Speakers By Estelon

The exceptional audio quality of the Estelon XB Mk II. Designed with elegant, curved-sculptural styling, this speaker is perfect for smaller listening environments. It continues the X-Series legacy of delivering a wide soundstage and precise performance, ensuring an impeccable audio experience. The upgraded XB Mk II features a redesigned crossover network and new cabling to enhance balance, crystal-clear clarity, and accurate sound reproduction. This speaker system is ideal for anyone looking to enjoy thrilling audio across the entire frequency spectrum.

The 158mm (6.25”) mid-woofer features a ceramic membrane, delivering an exceptionally clean impulse response with minimal total harmonic distortion (THD) and intermodulation distortion (IMD). Continuous improvements and precise damping ensure a linear frequency response, providing a superior listening experience.

The 25mm (1”) inverted dome alpha corundum tweeter, crafted by Accuton, delivers exceptional performance. Known for its high-quality hard dome design, it offers an outstanding impulse response, minimal distortion, and first break-up modes that are beyond the audible range, ensuring a superior audio experience.

The 220 mm (8.7”) ceramic sandwich woofer, engineered by Accuton, features an exceptionally stiff and lightweight membrane along with an extended linear excursion. This design ensures deep, accurate, and effortless bass reproduction. Thanks to the meticulous engineering of the cabinet design, woofer placement, crossover, and compatibility with room acoustics and associated electronics, the sound quality has been praised as remarkably lifelike, akin to “live bass.” The woofer operates within a bass reflex chamber, with the port located on the rear side of the cabinet. This design effectively eliminates the influence of midrange frequencies, ensuring a clear and powerful bass performance.

The speaker cabinet is expertly designed with no parallel walls, featuring mostly curved surfaces to spread out and minimize standing waves. This curved design also enhances rigidity. Made from a heavy and rigid marble-based material, combined with internal bracing, the cabinet effectively suppresses inherent resonances to nearly non-existent levels, allowing the drivers to perform at their best. The soft curves of the cabinet also eliminate reflective diffraction effects from the drivers’ output, ensuring a homogeneous and wide directive for an optimal listening experience.

Stereonet
“In the premium segment of the loudspeaker market, buyers have many options, but the XB Mk II distinguishes itself as an especially attractive choice. Ideal for those who value a speaker that looks as good as it sounds, the Estelon does not compromise on audio performance. It delivers a robust and dynamic audio experience with pinpoint accuracy in soundstaging, which enhances the listening experience across a wide range of source materials.”

https://www.stereonet.com/au/reviews/estelon-xb-mk-ii-floorstanding-loudspeakers-review

Soundstageultra
“Yes, the XBs are certainly, definitely, for-sure worth the extra money. Just on sound alone, a pair of XBs deliver an incredible improvement in realism, dynamic snap, top-end extension, and bass performance. Imaging, too, is notably more precise. And this is all over and above the superb performance of the YBs. Back in 2020, I pretty much raved about the sound quality of the YB and found it to be certainly worth the purchase price—but the XB is simply another class of speaker.”

https://www.soundstageultra.com/index.php/equipment-menu/1192-estelon-xb-mk-ii-loudspeaker

• Type: 3-way passive speaker, bass reflex
• Woofer: 220 mm (8.7 inches) Accuton, ceramic sandwich dome.
• Mid-woofer: 158 mm (6.25 inches) Accuton, ceramic membrane.
• Tweeter: 25 mm (1″) Accuton, ceramic inverted dome
• Frequency Response: 22-30 000 Hz
• Sensitivity: 87 dB / 2.83 V
• Internal wiring: Kubala-Sosna
• Power rating: 150 W
• Nominal impedance: 6 Ω (min 3,1 Ω at 51 Hz)
• Minimal amplifier power: 30 W
• Dimensions: Height: 1260 mm (49.5″), Width: 420 mm (16.5″), Depth: 590 mm (23″), Net weight: 69 kg (150 lbs.) per piece
• CABINET MATERIAL: Marble based composite
• Recommended room size: 25-50 m² (270-540 ft²)