The Airmotiv XC1: A Compact Yet Powerful Three-Way Center Channel Speaker. It features a 25mm x 32mm folded ribbon tweeter, a 4.5” woven fiber midrange, and dual 5.25” woofers, making it an ideal centerpiece for any high-performance home theater. Its compact design perfectly matches all Airmotiv speakers, ensuring it's
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All specifications- Frequency response
- 50 Hz to 27 kHz
- Cabinet tuning
- Rear ported
- Efficiency
- 88 dB (2.83V/1m)
- Power handling
- 120W continuous / 250W peak
- Crossover Freq
- midrange/tweeter - 3.1 kHz
- Mounting
- Shelf or stand mounted
Overview
The Airmotiv XC1: A Compact Yet Powerful Three-Way Center Channel Speaker. It features a 25mm x 32mm folded ribbon tweeter, a 4.5” woven fiber midrange, and dual 5.25” woofers, making it an ideal centerpiece for any high-performance home theater. Its compact design perfectly matches all Airmotiv speakers, ensuring it's the go-to choice for quality sound in smaller spaces. The XC1's versatile design allows for vertical placement or as part of an L-C-R speaker set, with a rotatable tweeter for optimal sound in any setup.
Airmotiv X Loudspeakers: Redefining A Legacy
Introducing the Airmotiv X Loudspeakers - a blend of our best product design and high performance. These speakers are crafted for the ultimate audio goal: to convey the full sound spectrum with minimal distortion to bring out the best in any audio, from classical tunes to rock anthems and even blockbuster movies.
Transforming a basic electrical signal into a rich musical experience, your loudspeakers are crucial in any audio setup. They are the heart of music's emotional impact. Quality speakers don't just play sound; they create an immersive listening adventure.
Whether you're an audiophile with a stereo system or seeking a top-tier home theater experience, Airmotiv X fits perfectly. We've meticulously merged superior technical prowess, exceptional sound clarity, stylish design, and value in Airmotiv X to create our best speakers yet.
New Airmotiv Aesthetics
Our new Airmotiv X loudspeakers feature a new modern design aesthetic. The cabinets on the towers are slender and graceful. The front panels feature a very gentle edge bevel, which is attractive and helps reduce diffraction. The magnetically attached grills, with their rounded corner details, finish the presentation. In addition to the elegant satin lacquer finish on the front panels, we've added smooth trim rings that conceal the driver mounting hardware and help control diffraction while giving the new Airmotiv X loudspeakers a more sophisticated and finished appearance.
Revamped Performance Design
The new Airmotiv X loudspeakers also feature new and improved touches taking them to a higher level than ever before for Airmotiv. The new Airmotiv X Loudspeakers feature a rotatable folded ribbon tweeter with an improved waveguide, allowing users to configure the speaker to fit their specific system layout. The towers are structurally reinforced with internal window bracing and lined with thick Dacron for optimal sound dampening. Every speaker includes an internal-mounted crossover and efficient wire routing, ensuring efficient performance and serviceability. The robust, over-one-inch thick multi-layer front panel enhances rigidity. The driver layout is optimized for superior sound quality, complemented by non-parallel midrange walls to reduce internal reflections, delivering an exceptional acoustic experience.
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Discover the XC1
The new Airmotiv X loudspeakers share the same heritage of design sophistication, manufacturing quality, and the ability to deliver a truly awesome listening experience. Here are a few of the more important and interesting features of the Airmotiv XC1→

A Testament to Superior Sound Design
The XC1 is a versatile three-way center channel or L-C-R speaker, featuring a 32mm Airmotiv folded ribbon tweeter, a 4.5” woven glass fiber cone midrange, and dual 5.25” woofers. This combination, along with a precision crossover equipped with audiophile-grade film capacitors and air-core inductors, ensures exceptional sound clarity and depth.

The Three-Way Marvel
The XC1's cabinet is crafted from heavily braced, acoustically inert HDF, ensuring minimal sound distortion. The front panel's satin finish lacquer and contoured trim rings around each driver enhance the speaker's aesthetic appeal, while the textured vinyl covering provides durability and style.

Sleek and Functional
Adding to its sophisticated design, the XC1 features a removable, magnetically attached grill with elegant corner details and a solid metal Emotiva badge, showcasing the brand's commitment to quality and craftsmanship.

Versatility in Orientation
The XC1 offers versatile placement options with its rotatable tweeter and grill badge, allowing it to be used horizontally as a center channel speaker or vertically as part of an L-C-R setup, catering to various audio configurations.

Customizable Audio
Enhance your listening experience with the XC1's bi-amp terminals, providing independent access to the woofer and midrange/tweeter sections for bi-amping or bi-wiring, allowing for sound customization to suit individual preferences.

Seamless Integration
The XC1 is perfectly timbre-matched to integrate seamlessly with both the latest Airmotiv X loudspeakers and older models, ensuring a cohesive audio experience across your entire sound system.

Our Commitment to Quality
The XC1's full five-year transferable warranty underlines our confidence in its lasting performance and durability, highlighting our dedication to quality and customer satisfaction in every aspect of our products.
Specifications
- Frequency response
- 50 Hz to 27 kHz
- The range of pitches it reproduces, from deep bass to the top of the treble.
- Model code
- EMOTIVA-AIRMOTIV-XC1-CENTER-CHANNEL-LOUDSPEAKER
- Quote it when you ask a specialist.
GENERAL
- Configuration
- Three-way center channel loudspeaker. Painted HDF baffle, PVC laminated HDF enclosure. 25mm baffle, double window braced, extensively damped, with asymmetric midrange sub-enclosure
- Cabinet tuning
- Rear ported
DRIVER COMPLEMENT
- High frequency driver
- 1ea. - 25mm x 32mm Airmotiv folded ribbon tweeter with Neo magnet system
- Midrange driver
- 1 ea. - 4.5” woven cone diaphragm, aluminum voice coil, milled aluminum phase plug, copper shorting ring, and NBR surround
- Low frequency driver
- 2 ea. 5.25” woven cone diaphragm, aluminum voice coil, long throw motor, progressive rate spider, copper shorting ring, and NBR surround
ELECTRICAL SPECS
- Efficiency
- 88 dB (2.83V/1m)
- Power handling
- 120W continuous / 250W peak
- Recommended amplifier power
- 60W or more
- Nominal impedance
- 4-ohms, safe with amplifiers rated for 8-ohm loads
- Frequency response
- 50 Hz – 27 kHz (+3/-3 dB)
- Crossover Freq
- midrange/tweeter - 3.1 kHz
- Crossover Freq
- woofer/midrange - 620 Hz Dual 5-way speaker terminals for bi-amping or bi-wiring
MECHANICAL
- Dimensions
- 7.5” high x 26” wide x 9.5” deep - Add 0.25” for grill (unboxed) 31" x 14" x 13" (boxed)
- Weight
- 25 pounds (unboxed) 32 pounds (boxed)
- Mounting
- Shelf or stand mounted
- Grille
- Black cloth over a rigid frame; attaches securely with powerful magnets for easy removal Badge can be mounted to match speaker orientation
Downloads
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- Airmotiv XA2 Height / Surround / Ceiling / Reflective Speakers (Pair) Airmotiv XA2 User ManualManual · English · PDF, 2.2 MBDownload
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