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.

2000 Series – Breaking Barriers Not Budgets
The 2000 series are designed to provide excellent audio in your car, whilst on a modest budget. ESB successfully manage this feat by having its research and development team utilise much of the knowledge and experience from levels above. In making use of these technologies, it can produce a range of speakers quite special yet most affordable. The 2000 series speakers provide wide bandwidth, dynamic range and startling accuracy. All without barely putting a dent in your bank account.

Design Ideologies
The 2000 series arises from the experience gained with the range above it, insofar as it shares many constructive and technological choices. The same cone and basket at the 3000 series drivers for example. You may have heard the saying; if it ain’t broke why fix it? Well the ESB engineering team agrees wholeheartedly.

Design Features
Despite their modest asking price the 2000 series are still filled with cool technology. Let’s take a closer look at the components below.

Hitting Hard, Staying Strong
The ABS basket on the woofer is reinforced with fiberglass and has been engineered to obtain the maximum in terms of torsional rigidity. At the same time, it offers the minimum resistance to the passage of air displaced by the cone from the rear face. The basket plays a fundamental role in aligning the coil in the magnetic circuit, and its rigidity is crucial. A factor of no secondary importance is the damping of this component, often metal baskets tend to resonate, and this significantly alters the final sound result of the speaker. The ABS frame allows for a better clamping force torque than typical pressed steel frames and ensures that the voice coil remains well centered within the magnetic field.

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 (like inside a door panel), 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-35 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 2000 series tweeters use a silk-impregnated thin fabric 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 28 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 ventilation design, called SVS (Surround Vented System); 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-42, 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″ & 1.1″ component set
– Continuous power handling: 120 Watts
– Maximum power handling: 240 Watts
– Voice coil diameter: 25.4 mm
– Frequency response: 70 Hz – 25000 Hz
– Sensitivity: 91.5 dB
– DC resistance (Re): 3.11 Ohms
– Resonant frequency (Fs): 64.98 Hz
– Xmax: +/- 3.25 mm
– Compliance (Vas): 13.93 l
– Total Q (Qts): 0.611
– Mechanical Q (Qms): 3.026
– Electrical Q (Qes): 0.766

Physical Specifications
– Mounting diameter: 145 mm
– Mounting depth: 65 mm
– Weight: 1.2 kg

Documentation
– 1.1″ Specifications sheet
– 6.5″ 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.