The Neat acoustics Ultimatum MF7 floor standing loudspeakers adhere to the very same principles that mark out the Neat MF9 as such an outstanding achievement. The Neat Ultimatum MF7 ultra-rigid birch-plywood enclosure, unique baffle-decoupling technology, the dual 'isobaric' bass loading and use of twin EMIT ribbon-type super-tweeters are again employed to provide an enthralling listening experience.
The Neat acoustics Ultimatum MF7's are a multi-chamber, multi-driver enclosure constructed from Birch Plywood. It is, essentially, a two-way design, using four of Neat's 168mm main drivers, two of which have been re-designed to meet the demanding requirements of the ULTIMATUM range), a Focal 'inverted' titanium-dome tweeter, plus two super-tweeters
The Neat acoustics Ultimatum MF7 floor standing loudspeakers upper and lower (visible) drive units each handle bass and midrange and these are isobarically loaded by similar drive units located inside the cabinet. The main tweeter is in the centre, making up a classic D'Appolito array. Its output is augmented by the two upward-firing EMIT super-tweeters atop the enclosure.
As with the Neat Ultimatum MF9, the driver-mounting baffles (front & top) are decoupled from the main structure via a polyethylene membrane. The total baffle is a 45mm thick 'sandwich' of Birch Plywood, Polyethylene and MDF. This provides a rigid non-resonant platform, which is ideal for optimal performance of the drive units.
The crossover is a minimalist 3 element type (plus damping & attenuating resistors) employing precisely toleranced, low loss air-cored inductors and Neat's newly-developed polypropylene film & foil capacitors. The speaker exploits predominantly first-order crossover slopes and mechanical roll-offs for a natural, uninhibited performance.