Neat Motive SX1 floor-standing loudspeakers.

Neat Motive SX1 2 and a half way compact floor standing loudspeaker.

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What we Say:

The Neat Motive SX1 is a compact 2 and a half way floorstanding loudspeaker. Its slim cabinet dimensions and choice of real wood veneers means it can easily be accommodated in most rooms. It can work close to a wall without resulting in too much bass and is a relatively easy load to drive.

The Neat Motive SX1 offers a big open dynamic sound with deep controlled bass. It partners well with most electronics and is the top model in the Motive range. Neat Acoustics pride themselves in making speaker design decisions based more around listening that measurement. Bob is a keen musician and has vast experience of both live and recorded music. We think he has done an excellent job with the Motive range and so do our customers who have purchased his designs from us.

The Neat Motive SX1 is the flagship speaker in the Motive range. It features a brand-new aluminium tweeter and revised cross-over. Hi-Fi Choice described it as “a fantastically accomplished all-rounder that will do justice to a wide variety of music”. A big sound in a trademark small cabinet. Get in touch and listen for yourself at DNA Audio.

As with all Neat speakers, the Motive SX1s are hand-built in the Neat factory in County Durham. They are available in walnut, oak, white satin or black oak.

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What they say:

Although this is the taller of the two floorstanders in the Motive SX range, the SX1 is nevertheless a compact and elegant model. It will blend discreetly into any living room whilst its performance gives little away to larger and more expensive models.

This loudspeaker uses a two and half-way configuration, with the bass/midrange driver and the tweeter operating within a sealed enclosure. The sub-bass drive unit is housed separately in a reflex-tuned section below. The bass reflex port is fitted to the bottom panel of the cabinet and is vented through an outlet in the stylishly sculpted MDF plinth.

In spite of the compact dimensions, the Motive SX1 manages to accurately reproduce genuinely low bass notes with spacious and well-focused stereo imagery.

The tweeter is the new and upgraded unit used throughout the Motive SX range and features a huge screened magnet assembly and a 25mm inverted anodised aluminium dome. This type of tweeter is usually only found in more expensive high-end loudspeakers and is therefore an exceptional inclusion to the Motive SX designs.

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