#Cambridge soundworks ensemble iv driver#
Each contains a 3-1/4-inch low-/middle-frequency driver and a 1-1/2-inch cone tweeter (these dimensions are approximate). The satellites measure only 8-1/8 inches high, 5-1/4 inches wide, and 4 inches deep and weigh 5 pounds. Since each module contains its own crossover components, system wiring requires only simple parallel connections from each satellite to its bass section and from each bass module to the amplifier. It is a four-piece system in which two small satellite speakers reproduce the frequencies above approximately 100 Hz and a pair of separate bass modules roughly cover the octave from 120 to 50 Hz.
Given Kloss's technical expertise and distinguished record in designing high-quality speakers that could be sold at affordable prices, we were especially interested in hearing and evaluating CSW's initial product, the Ensemble. One of its principals is Henry Kloss, who was a co-founder some thirty-five years ago of Acoustic Research and later went on to found such well-known companies as KLH, Advent, and, most recently, Kloss Video. It has subsequently gone through two newer owners.Cambridge SoundWorks is a recently established speaker company, but it actually provides a direct link to the earliest days of the high-fidelity industry. Creative ordered Cambridge to reduce the number of products sold under its trademark. Cambridge SoundWorks marketing also included catalog and internet sales, in addition to worldwide product distribution by partnerships with IBM, Gateway, and the parent company Creative Technology Ltd. The company continued to manufacture loudspeakers for home theater and multimedia applications, as well as distribute other brands such as Sony and Marantz.
#Cambridge soundworks ensemble iv portable#
These products, along with other major brands of high-performance audio and video components, were sold through an online store.Īs of February 2018, the Cambridge Soundworks website redirects to, where a product line of portable bluetooth speakers is sold.Īs of 2020, all Cambridge SoundWorks retail showrooms are closed. Its products were designed in California, with Research and Development and Acoustic Engineering in Massachusetts. Įventually, Cambridge SoundWorks manufactured over 60 different models of home stereo, home theater, multimedia speakers and assorted electronics products. In 1997 Cambridge Soundworks was bought by then Creative Labs. The unique selling formula developed in its first store proved successful and eventually spawned the opening of 30 showrooms in New England and metropolitan San Francisco.
This made it one of the first companies to sell consumer electronics on the Internet. In 1994 it sold its first products on the Internet, using the CompuServe network.
In 1991, the company opened its first retail location in Newton, Massachusetts. Ĭambridge SoundWorks began offering its products (such as the Ensemble I, II, and III satellite speaker systems) by catalog and multi-page magazine advertisements. From its inception, the company's success was significant and its products received critical acclaim. It was founded with the specific mission to design and manufacture well-priced, high quality, high performance loudspeakers and audio products to be marketed directly to the consumer. Kloss had founded or co-founded a number of earlier loudspeaker and consumer audio companies, including Acoustic Research, KLH and Advent Corporation. Cambridge SoundWorks was co-founded in 1988 by Henry Kloss, an audio engineer and businessman, and colleague Tom DeVesto.
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