{"id":153321,"date":"2022-12-30T18:51:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T18:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=153321"},"modified":"2022-12-30T18:51:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T18:51:00","slug":"stonespell-sx-200-two-way-shelf-speakers-that-draw-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/stonespell-sx-200-two-way-shelf-speakers-that-draw-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Stonespell SX-200: Two-way shelf speakers that draw attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new German brand\u00a0<b>Stonespell has<\/b>\u00a0introduced its first product, the\u00a0<b>SX-200<\/b>\u00a0compact loudspeakers .\u00a0It would seem that the next two-way shelf speakers &#8211; what can draw attention to such an ordinary acoustics of an unknown brand?\u00a0For example, the fact that the bodies of these speakers are made of &#8230; concrete.\u00a0The manufacturer claims that the case made of this material is completely inert and not subject to resonances in comparison with wood and MDF.\u00a0In addition, this is facilitated by a specially designed curved shape of the case.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/399_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stonespell founder and lead designer\u00a0<b>Christian Heicks<\/b>\u00a0chose a six-inch bass-reflex aluminum cone driver capable of reaching 48 Hz at -3 dB to reproduce the mid- and low-frequency range.\u00a0The crossover frequency is 2.1 kHz, and above and up to 24 kHz comes into operation a ring tweeter with a diameter of 29 mm.\u00a0The crossover circuit uses high quality MKT and MKP capacitors and large diameter air core coils.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/400_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As additional measures to reduce resonances and vibrations, fixing the components of the crossover with a special elastic adhesive and covering the internal wiring with a vibration-absorbing braid was chosen.<\/p>\n<p>The manufacturer declares the sensitivity of the Stonespell SX-200 at 85 dB (1 W \/ 1 meter) at a nominal resistance of 4 ohms with a minimum of 3.3 ohms achieved at a frequency of 180 Hz.\u00a0The speaker cabinet measures just 23 x 29 x 27 cm (W x H x D) and weighs 11.2 kilograms per speaker.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/401_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The suggested retail price of the\u00a0<b>Stonespell SX-200<\/b>\u00a0speakers is 2,490\u00a0<b>euros<\/b> per pair, but until January 31, 2023, there is a pre-order discount &#8211; the speakers will cost\u00a0<b>2,240 euros<\/b>\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new German brand\u00a0Stonespell has\u00a0introduced its first product, the\u00a0SX-200\u00a0compact loudspeakers .\u00a0It would seem that the next two-way shelf speakers &#8211; what can draw attention to such an ordinary acoustics of an unknown brand?\u00a0For example, the fact that the bodies of these speakers are made of &#8230; concrete.\u00a0The manufacturer claims that the case made of this [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/stonespell-sx-200-two-way-shelf-speakers-that-draw-attention\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":153322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-153321","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-speakers","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}