NHT Absolute Zero speakers (Used)

by **sollehah** Sun Aug 02, 2009 2:03 am

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US loudspeaker company producing high-end equipment with an emphasis on performance.

(This is one of our U.S. imports. Read the history behind it and find out why they are special.)

Up for sale is an incredible deal on a pair of almost new NHT Absolute Zero loudspeaker finished in black gloss lacquer with a jet-black removable grille. These NHT Absolute Zeros were purchased new within the past 2 years or so and used sparingly as front speakers in a Home Theater system, with a subwoofer (They have not been played at full range.)

They sounded excellent out of the box. After about six months, however, the owner’s father-in-law (a retired engineer and audiophile with 30+ years of building/modifying speakers, pre-amps, amps, etc.) modified them by switching out the capacitors with some audiophile-level capacitors (same value) he ordered (He believes the ones installed were Dayton’s high-end, low tolerance capacitors.)

He also added internal silver-plated copper wiring to the already-existing internal speaker wire (if owner recalls correctly, he believes he had a particular audiophile and/or engineering-related reason for adding additional high-end wire to what was already inside the speakers, rather than simply replacing the existing wire.)

The change to the sound of the speakers following the upgrades was nothing short of HUGE. The sound was more open, the soundstage was larger and far wider, the highs were more refined (they were good before, but the upgrades made them significantly better), and the speakers did a much better job of “disappearing” into the background and blending into the overall sound stage.

The owner didn’t use these speakers full-time in his home theater setup. They shared time with the Monitor Audios, the NHT SuperZeros (the white ones). Once they were modified, from the owner’s perspective they were on par with the Monitor Audios (the Monitors were better at carefully defining where the musicians and instruments were in the overall sound stage and had a deeper overall sound stage, but the NHTs had a much wider soundstage and were a bit easier to listen to.

The NHT Absolute Zero is part of the NHT Classic line. The largest speaker in that line, the Classic Three, was featured in an article in The Absolute Sound referring to it as the best speaker under US$1,000. Stereophile rated the Classic Three in Class C, putting it in some pretty impressive company.

The engineer and audiophile who upgraded these speakers has the Classic Threes and did the same upgrades to his speakers that he did to the Absolute Zeros. When they compared them, they both had very similar impressions: The Classic Threes had a fuller midrange (not surprising, given that the Classic Three is a three-way speaker with a separate midrange driver) and a larger overall soundstage. The Absolute Zeros did a better job “disappearing” into the sound stage. Overall, the sound of the modified Absolute Zeros was very similar to the modified Classic Threes, and we were both astounded at how good these little speakers sounded. Neither of us could think of another speaker under US$500/pair that we thought could best these upgraded Absolute Zeros.

When these speakers were purchased new, they were US$400/pair retail, but he paid less (exactly how much I can’t recall.) They now have a MSRP of US$460/pair.

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Absolute Zero’s compact size (9.75” h x 5.625” w x 7.25” d) fool you; it produces studio accurate sound regardless of whether you’re listening to music or your favorite blockbuster movie.

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Manufacturer Specifications:

System Type Bookshelf speaker

Configuration 2-way acoustic suspension design

Woofer 5.25” polypropylene cone

Tweeter 1” aluminum dome

Frequency Response 71Hz-20kHz

Crossover Frequency 3 kHz

Crossover Slopes 18dB LP, 18dB HP

Sensitivity 86dB (2.83v@1m)

Impedance 6 ohms nominal

Inputs 2 each professional grade, nickel plated 5-way binding posts

Dimensions 9.75" x 5.625" x 7.25" (H x W x D)

Weight 8 lbs./3.6 kg each. (Shipping weight 11 lbs.)

Finish High Gloss Black

Enter the address below for the Absolute Zero’s owners manual: http://nhthifi.com/current/manuals/current/classic/Abzero-two-Manual.pdf

Please refer to the address below for the Absolute Zero brochure: http://nhthifi.com/current/brochures/Classic/NHT-absolute_zero.pdf

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Links: NHT Absolute Zero stereo speakers (Upgraded Version) - Black Lacquer

Selling: RM2,150 for this NHT internally modified/upgraded version. Only one of a kind modified in U.S. (by a retired engineer and audiophile with 30+ years of building/modifying speakers, pre-amps, amps, etc.),
and now is available in Malaysia for sale to anyone interested to own them.

Seller's Preference: Email me hifigeek2003@yahoo.com for inquiry or SMS/Call Azlan 019-3464456 for an immediate response.

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