Skiing Ninja Systems - Reference 1

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Skiing Ninja Reference 1

"Unlock the potential in your loudspeakers!"

Order NOW the all new Ref 1 'Ninja Master' crossover network!

Unlike anything you have seen yet for the Reference 1, the Reference 1 Ninja is completely new.

Developed by Danny Richie of GR Research exclusively for Skiing Ninja Systems, the benefits of this all new crossover are:

* Balanced amplitude.
* Control the resonance break-up mode of the woofer.
* Maintain a clean spectral decay (no stored energy).
* Higher degree of phase accuracy.
* Consistent off axis response both vertically and horizontally.
* Very smooth and balanced; neither bright nor dark.
* 80Hz High Pass filter available.
* Overall you will notice a higher level of detail, texture, superior sound stage, focus, dynamics, harmonic integrity, musicality, and transparency.

All you Ref 1 lovers get ready to unlock the potential in your loudspeakers NOW.

Plus, we have NoRez available to really maximize your upgrade.

Choose your upgrade here:

All prices are per pair and include shipping

'Ninja Master' Crossovers are top of the line. Our best parts; all assembled by the head Ninja.

Features include:

Diffraction Be Gone custom tweeter surrounds
Fully custom build; painted MDF substrate
Point to point connections. No wiring in the signal path.
All capacitors are provided by Sonicap
Alpha Core 16ga copper foil inductors
Mills resistors
Full Onix IT-001 12ga OFC RED wire
Heat Shrink tubing applied to applicable connections
Vampire silver solder used for all connections
60 durometer rubber washers are provided to keep your new crossover from vibrating against the cabinet
SPAX screws are supplied for easy installation

'Ninja Master' Crossovers with High Pass Filter

Features include:

Diffraction Be Gone custom tweeter surrounds
Fully custom build; painted MDF substrate
Point to point connections. No wiring in the signal path.
All capacitors are provided by Sonicap
Alpha Core 16ga copper foil inductors
Mills resistors
Full Onix IT-001 12ga OFC RED wire
Heat Shrink tubing applied to applicable connections
Vampire silver solder used for all connections
60 durometer rubber washers are provided to keep your new crossover from vibrating against the cabinet
SPAX screws are supplied for easy installation

High Pass Filter

Are you utilizing a subwoofer with your Reference 1's? Then order your new crossover with a built in very high quality high pass filter. This filter is set at 80Hz and has a 1st order slope. You will be happy to know that there are no elecrolytics in this filter - only high quality Sonicap and Erse Pulse X capacitors are used.

The DIY Crossover component upgrade provides all the benefits of the 'Ninja Master' Crossover but you build it yourself!

Features include:

Diffraction Be Gone custom tweeter surrounds
Fully custom build; pre-drilled and painted MDF board provided
Schematic provided for point to point connections. No wiring in the signal path
All capacitor values are provided by Sonicap
Alpha Core 16ga copper foil inductors
Mills resistors
Onix IT-001 12ga OFC RED wire
Heat Shrink tubing provided for applicable connections
Vampire silver solder
60 durometer silicone stand-offs; keeps your new crossover from vibrating against the cabinet
SPAX serrated screws for easy installation

What is not included:

Step by step instruction manual (this means you need to have a general idea of what you are doing! If you do not, go for the professionally built Ninja version)
Tools required (soldering iron, wire strippers, liquid nails to secure large inductors etc.)
Full wiring. This kit comes with enough wire to tie into the existing wiring in your loudspeaker.

About Diffraction Be Gone:

Sound waveforms from your tweeters are shorter in length than the width of your speaker cabinets. These waveforms are being randomly reflected by your speaker baffles and edges to your listening position slightly out of time with the original event. Not a good thing. These waveforms carry the first arrival and higher harmonics of your midrange along with all things high frequency. Diffraction Be Gone removes this almost as if you had taken the boxes away.

We had custom cut high density real wool felt (accept no substitute) tweeter surrounds or fascias made for the Reference 1's that absorb and quiet this interaction. What you will get when this is removed is a clearer view into your stage and recordings. What the microphone captured is revealed in your room without the distortion to time (body) and phase (space) caused by early reflection. Space opens up, deepens. Vocals and instruments appear more truthfully in that space, rounder and more physically right. The tweeter surrounds attach with Velcro tabs (included) and also eliminate the issues caused by grills - yes you can now run your grills installed!