ESB - Over Half A Century Of Electroacoustic Brilliance
Electroacoustic maestro ESB was officially founded in 1972. Fast forward over fifty years and it's still regarded as a world leader in loudspeaker design. During it's tenure this audacious Italian company has mastered the art of high-end speaker design, acquiring a wealth of experience and knowledge difficult to find elsewhere. Some of the most important milestones in the history of high fidelity audio have been marked by ESB. Whether it be ideologies, insights, applications of electroacoustic principles or just plain passion for high fidelity audio; achieving these milestones have become the very foundations of the company's history. You can read the genuinely fascinating history of ESB's fifty year reign by clicking here.

1000 Series – Simple Solutions For Demanding Aural Environments
Utilising technologies and ideologies borrowed from ranges far beyond; the ESB 1000 series components are designed for those looking to upgrade their speakers without upgrading their mortgage to cover said upgrade. Made vastly more practical through being available in either component set or coaxial configuration; the 1000 series components feature robust materials from the cone right through to the frames. Guaranteeing you a trouble-free experience when the time comes for their installation.

Design Ideologies
The ideology surrounding the conception of the 1000 series was to offer the ESB sound within very affordable speakers, all without sacrificing quality. Between design features like lightweight yet rigid cones, large voice coils able to handle high power and domes of silk driven by powerful neodymium magnets; the list is impressive insofar as features that make these speakers uncompromising.

Design Features
Despite their low asking price the 1000 series are still filled with some impressive technology, well beyond many of their peers. Let’s take a closer look at the components below.

Hitting Hard, Staying Strong
The stamped steel on the woofer is reinforced with gussets and powder coated in a black finish. Despite that some may suggest it’s only being stamped steel, nonetheless ESB hasn’t overlooked the design profile shape, ensuring all frames create the minimum amount of resistance to the airflow emanating from the rear side of the piston diaphragm.

Treated Paper Cones
The paper cone is the best marriage of lightness, stiffness and the ability of the cone to dampen any unwanted vibration. The waterproof treatment does not change the appearance and parameters of the speaker like the shiny polymers that add an appreciable amount of mass to the cone itself and significantly modify the sonic result. The treatment protects the cone from water dripping, such as that found inside your doors during rainy days, as well as accidental splashes on the front of the cone.

The Motor Within
The voice coil of the woofers uses an aluminium support and a winding with a double layer technology of copper wire with an aluminium core. The long stroke design was chosen to improve sensitivity and efficiency while keeping distortion to a minimum. All these speakers are equipped with a motor with a grade Y-25 ferrite magnet, a type of magnet with significantly higher performance than the standard strontium types. The metal parts of the engine use low carbon steel and have been designed to obtain the maximum magnetic saturation, this guarantees the best electroacoustic parameters.

The Delicate Tones
The 1000 series tweeters use a silk dome diaphragm for an ultra-smooth sound, with an outer suspension of the same material but covered with a high-loss damping material to eliminate edge vibration and resonance. The dome is of extremely low mass and is much less susceptible to mechanical deformation than other models, yet it provides a smooth, linear and very extended response.

The Treble Engine
The 25.4 mm voice coil has an aluminium support and very light copper-coated aluminium wire. It’s ventilated and damped with iron-fluid oil and with anti-resonance chambers. The special rear chamber design provides optimal cooling to be able to handle high power and avoiding compressing the air at the back of the dome; the result being a great reduction in distortion. High-grade neodymium magnets such as N-35, optimized with computer simulations to get better efficiency and improve linearity; ensure better power management and increase the bandwidth and efficiency.

Electrical Specifications
– Nominal configuration: two-way 6.5” & 1” passive coaxial set
– Continuous power handling: 90 Watts
– Maximum power handling: 100 Watts
– Voice coil diameter: 25.5 mm
– Frequency response: 50 Hz – 20000 Hz
– Sensitivity: 91 dB
– DC resistance (Re): 3.3 Ohms
– Resonant frequency (Fs): 68.5 Hz
– Xmax: +/- 3.9 mm
– Compliance (Vas): 11.2 l
– Total Q (Qts): 0.99
– Mechanical Q (Qms): 5.29
– Electrical Q (Qes): 1.22

Physical Specifications
– Mounting diameter: 144 mm
– Mounting depth: 59 mm
– Weight: 1.4 kg

Documentation
– Specifications sheet
– User manual

Important Disclaimers
Given the dynamic nature of electronics industries these days; below are listed some very important specifics you need to be aware of.

Brand Authorization And Stock Sourcing
We are a fully authorised Australian dealer of this brand and all stock is sourced through legitimate channels. It therefore enjoys full Australian warranty, backing and support.

Pricing Structure
Whilst we endeavor to offer the best price possible, we ask that if you do find a better price elsewhere from an authorised dealer; please contact us. Also be aware that we regularly conduct group buys and sales, therefore pricing can sometimes be subject to change without notice.

Stock Structure
Being a dynamic store is conducive to our inventory constantly changing. We list only a small portion of our stable online, usually products most popular. Aside from these we also stock numerous other variants and configurations of these products, hence if you don’t see what you’re after please contact us.

Shipping
All our products are shipped with registered and insured postage. Upon ordering you’ll be issued with a receipt, a consignment note via which you can track your order, and we’ll also SMS you photos of the package for identification purposes.

Technical support
This last one we cannot emphasise enough! Please contact us if you require any further information or assistance with the setup and use of this product, especially pertaining to aspects more technical. As we want you to get the very best from this product.