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THE MONTANA DPS
Made in the USA the Montana DPS is built with the
very best materials available. The cabi net materials,
the drivers, the cross-over components, the wi ring
and the dampening materials are selected for their
sonic merits and construction quality. A lifetime of
musical enjoyment is possible with this hand-crafted
limited edition, truly unique loudspeaker.
THE CABINET
Beautiful, slim, solid as a rock.
Like all Montana Loudspeakers, the Montana DPS is constructed with
the superior Medite MDF. This material is made from hardwood chips
bonded under extremely high p ressure. Medite MDF has a very high
glue density to ensure full coverage of the chi ps and prevent internal
voids, therefore making it a superior building material for Montana
cabinets.
All cabinet walls are made from 1" MDF board compared to the standard
3/4" used by most other builders. In addition, to ensure that the DPS
cabinet is in full control of the energy transmitted from the drivers, the
front baffle is laminated with a 3/4" board resulting in a 1 3/4" thick
baffle. A 1" thick spiked platform anchors DPS to the floor.
SMALL BUT STATE OF THE ART
The cabinet is shaped like an asymmetrical hexagon.
There are several advantages to this construction
method: 1) no parallel surfaces within the cabinet
which eliminates standing waves that would otherwise
create distortion, and 2) no multiple board within the
cabinet will have the same resonance frequency,
effectively eliminating amplified resonance vibrations
from the cabinet. To even further eliminate unwanted
distorting vibrations from the cabinet, it has been
reinforced with nothing less than four internal perimetrical braces. This produces a clean more detail ed
sound, free from the cabinet colorations that plague
lesser designs.
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THE MONTANA DPS
THE DRIVERS
State of the art.
The DPS utilizes two custom made 5 1/4" Vifa mid-woofers per cabinet.
This driver is made with a new long stroke, ultra low reflection
magnesium basket. It has an extremely stiff Pentagon shaped conical
paper cone attached to the basket with a very low damping, specially
formulated, rubber surround. The pentagon shape of this cone,
combined with the advanced motor system reduces distortion and cone
brake up at all listening levels. These new drivers sound so good we
decided to create this very special cabinet for them.
The internal cabinet volume has been divided into two sections by a
special "low frequency transparent" foam pad. This special technique
enables the DPS to produce the tight upper bass normally associ ated
with a sealed enclosure combined with the solid deep b a ss of a v ented
enclosure.
THE TWEETER
Reaching for new hig hs.
The DPS tweeter is based on the same custom made 3/4"
Scanspeak/Montana D2010 dome used in our Montana DP. The specially
hand made dome driver features a new lower resonance frequency. A
hand coated textile diaphragm attached to a precision aluminum wire
voice coil with a 27 strand tinsel wire ensures clean detailed hi ghs.
It is well known that the tweeter in a loudspeaker plays a major part in
imaging, sound staging and transient attack. O ur custom dom e has an
extremely linear resp onse, low distortion, and wid e dispersion. The DPS
is capable of startling realism, bringing you closer to the music.
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THE MONTANA DPS
THE CROSS-OVER
Outstanding quality and design.
The absolute optimizing of the cabinet, baffle and volume relations
along with accurate driver placement ensure that very si mple crossover circuits can be utilized in the DPS cross-over. Very few
components are placed within the signal path, enabling a cleaner more
pure sound from the drivers. Our standard low pass 6dB/Oct electrical
filter combined with the drivers natural roll-off, gives a perfectly smooth
transition to the 24dB/oct high-pass secti on. This results in three
drivers operating as one, with a smooth overlap in the cross-over
region.
One listen and you will understand the importance we place on quality.
Custom Montana film and foil capacitors, Sol en inductors and Monster
M1.2 internal wiring are used throughout. We have done everything
possible to build a speaker that recreates music in an untouched way.
BI-WIRING
Your connection to perfec ti o n.
To get the most out of this excellent speaker, we have provided two
sets of gold terminals. You must run two sets of hi gh quality cables
from your amplifier to the DPS, resulting in less interference between
the two sections of the crossover.
SPECIFICATIONS
Frequency Range: 37 - 22000 Hz +/- 3dB
Impedance: Nominal 6 Ohms
Sensitivity: 87.5 dB
Power Handling: 150 Watt Continuous (300 Watt Peak)
X-over points: 4100 Hz
Finish: Custom
Size (HxWxD): 41" x 9" x 12"
Weight: 65 lbs. each (ship. 170 lbs./pair)
MSRP:
$2,995.00 (some exotic finishes may be
slightly higher)
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