After extensive tests we have found that the compact ME 25 by Musikelectronic Geithain is the ideal surround -loudspeaker for home cinema and multichannel music!

GEITHAIN-ME25-SET

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t is well known, that the choice qualities on the other Iof such produc ts is real ly side, so that we are able to find

many-sided. In our new listening mista kes in any downmixing.

room we temporary use al so Especially with SACD and DVD-

oth er s urr oun d se ts, amo ng Audio the acoustic requirements

others from Dynaudio, Canton, are extraordinary high.

B&W, Dali, Phonar, Nubert or At the pre vio us hig h-e nd-

Quadral. But additionally we exhibition we have heard the

were endeavoured to find a refe- brand-new ME 25 of Geithain.

rence, which comes up to our Musikelectronic Geithain (ME-

room properties relative to the Ge it ha in ) is a re no wn ed

measuring data and which has company near Leipzig which

monitor

again the loudspeaker in our

room, our “parade-ground”, we

didn't regret our decision. These

converters are playing so perfect

that the listener feels himself like

a sound engineer. We suddenly

heard niceties as never before. clientele mostly can be found in Jochen Kiesler, really a regular professional sound studios or brick, who needn't brag of his w i t h i n t h e d o m a i n o f enormous expert knowledge and “Tonmeisters”. Despite their small experience, had adjusted the dimensions the sound of these whole system before. Only after sound converters was real “truly”! he had released it, we were They sound naturally and yet allowed to run the loudspeaker in musically, so we couldn't forget our ed i to r ia l depar tment . this impression. That was one Officially!reason why we arranged an

appointment with the

p res iden t o f t he

enterprise, Joachim

Kies ler . We a lso

ordered a whole set of

ME 25 for our listening

r o o m . W e m u s t

confess, we acted on

instinct, “out of belly”,

but when we heard

Catchword

onitorLoudspeaker, called „monitor“, in the studio domain which should not produce lovely-tones, but sound as natural as possible, with minimum distortions.

M

Like most of the

c o n s t r u c t i o n s o f

Geithain also the ME

25 is based on a

c o a x i a l t w o - w a y -

system. That means

the tweeter is placed

just near the centre of

the low-middle tone

system.

GEITHAIN ME25/BASIS1Distribution: Musikelectronic GeithainTel.: 034341 311-0

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Print-off from the DVD & Surround TEST 06/2003

Acoustically, it is a very big course. Already because of its even could match in two-channel for the little Geithain`s they can

a d v a n t a g e t h a t t h e s e attractive design of beautiful stereo with the best compact handle with it perfectly.

loudspeakers are radiat ing ma pl e an d th e op ti on al ly sound converters. The BASIS 1 active subwoofer is

near ly li ke a p oint sour ce, available stands, ME 25 is a real The listening experience with a low-tone champion: heavy,

therefore the signal localization home cinema product. On the those loudspeakers is a class of high-performance and technical

will be much better by this way. one hand, we do not settle our it's own for sure. The best way to pe rf ec t. Sy mm et ri c in pu ts ,

Actually, it is the reference to describe the “Geithain-effect” is alignment potentiometers and

perfect near-field v e r y h i g h to imagine such a set as a huge the extraordinary strong chassis

lou dsp eak er for r e g i o n s , surround-earphone. In fact they are not only relicts from experts,

sound studios. because a set sound so accurate but st ill but requirements for a world

For this domain o f M E 2 5 naturally; you don't notice them champ ion-w oofer which with

Geithain presents requires less as a separate acoustic source film-mixing enables the listener

a whole pallet of than 4000 €, anymore. And just that is the to localize contoured bass razor-

l o u d s p e a k e r s , bu t on the main target of the surround- sharp.

which are all much other hand it sound: to downsize the yet big The ref ore , the Gei tha in- set

more high-end but satisfies high dist ance s betw een the five surely is the perfect compact

also much more d e m a n d s . loudspeakers close to a circle. reference.

e x p e n s i v e , o f The ME 25 This discipline seems to be made

The SetMain-/Center-Rear-Loudspeaker:

Subwoofer:

Setprice:

Geithain ME2520,5 x 32 x 22 cm (BxHxT)

Geithain Aktive Subwoofer BASIS140 x 40 x 40 cm (BxHxT)

5640 Euro

he qu al it y o f a we ll - determined by a special computer Tprepared listening room programme, to show the average should be evaluated in our profile.From that four diagrams could case after its installation also be derived, shown at the bottom (front by meas uremen t. Joch en left/right, back left/right, without Kiesler from ME-Geithain Center).measured the sound operating It can be seen very clear that the level level as the mean value curve deviations of all the four loudspeakers by five measurement points. are within +/- 5dB. This is quite good for That means each of the five a listening room. Against that, larger lo ud sp ea ke rs ha s to be frequency dips and peaks would be measured from five different disadvantageous.positi ons. The loudsp eaker In sound studios the tolerance of the

sends a short impulse which is received sound operating level curve has to lie by a measurement microphone. The between +/- 3 dB. Therefore, we can say mean value of all the five curves is we are quite near the studio standard.

The quality of any listening room can be evaluated by measurements.

Sound Operating LevelMeasurement