{"id":170294,"date":"2023-09-29T14:47:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T13:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=170294"},"modified":"2023-10-18T05:55:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T04:55:11","slug":"goldmund-melos-new-passive-bookshelf-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/goldmund-melos-new-passive-bookshelf-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Goldmund Melos: New passive bookshelf speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Swiss brand\u00a0<b>Goldmund presented\u00a0<\/b><b>the Goldmund\u00a0<\/b><b>Melos<\/b>\u00a0bookshelf passive speaker systems\u00a0in compact enclosures.\u00a0The new model takes inspiration from its larger brothers\u00a0Tethys\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0Gaia\u00a0.\u00a0The name Melos is a tribute to the melodies of Ancient Greece.<b><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/261_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Goldmund Melos bookshelf monitors\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two-way Goldmund Melos monitors are housed in compact rectangular housings in the signature Goldmund gray color with black protective grilles.\u00a0The gold-plated elements are created by the Swiss luxury specialist, who is also a supplier to Rolex and Patek Philippe watchmakers.\u00a0According to information from the manufacturer, an active version of the monitors is in the works, as well as branded speaker stands for this model.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/262_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Goldmund Melos bookshelf monitors\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>The new Goldmund\u00a0<\/b><b>Melos<\/b>\u00a0bookshelf monitors\u00a0are available in Switzerland for\u00a0<b>CHF 24,000<\/b>\u00a0per pair of speakers.\u00a0In the UK the monitors can be purchased for\u00a0<b>\u00a326,500<\/b>\u00a0.<b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/263_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Goldmund Melos bookshelf monitors\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>Technical characteristics<\/b><b>:<\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Type:<\/b>\u00a0Passive bookshelf speaker system<\/li>\n<li><b>Speakers:<\/b>\u00a0HF \u2013 soft dome tweeter, MF\/LF \u2013 speaker with a diameter of 7 inches<\/li>\n<li><b>Acoustic design:<\/b>\u00a0phase inverted, two ports on the front panel<\/li>\n<li><b>Frequency response:<\/b>\u00a043 Hz \u2013 25 kHz (-6 dB)<\/li>\n<li><b>Nominal Impedance:<\/b>\u00a06.0 ohms (minimum 4.4 ohms)<\/li>\n<li><b>Single speaker size (H\u00a0<\/b><b>x\u00a0<\/b><b>W\u00a0<\/b><b>x\u00a0<\/b><b>D):<\/b>\u00a035 x 25 x 36.2 cm<b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Single column weight:<\/b>\u00a020 kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/264_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Goldmund Melos bookshelf monitors\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Swiss brand\u00a0Goldmund presented\u00a0the Goldmund\u00a0Melos\u00a0bookshelf passive speaker systems\u00a0in compact enclosures.\u00a0The new model takes inspiration from its larger brothers\u00a0Tethys\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0Gaia\u00a0.\u00a0The name Melos is a tribute to the melodies of Ancient Greece. Two-way Goldmund Melos monitors are housed in compact rectangular housings in the signature Goldmund gray color with black protective grilles.\u00a0The gold-plated elements are created by the [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/goldmund-melos-new-passive-bookshelf-speakers\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":170301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-170294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-speakers","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170294","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=170294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}