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y offering qualities we typically

associate with audiophile

speakers as well as those from

the pro-monitor world, Pioneer’s EX

Series bridges the divide between

two distinct listening cultures. It

combines a recording-studio ethic,

rigorous construction quality, and

most signiﬁcantly, technology

plucked directly from the playbook at

Pioneer’s pro-audio “skunkworks,” the

highly regarded TAD (Technical Audio

Device) division.

Though TAD’s ﬁrst home-audio

effort, 2003’s M-1 speaker, was

critically acclaimed, its $40,000 tag

priced most of us out. The more

down-to-earth EX Series was designed

and built at Pioneer’s Speaker Design

Center in Paris by a team comprised

of TAD and Pioneer engineers.

Andrew Jones, the chief designer of

the M-1, served as sound advisor, and

the EX Series also received feedback

from sound engineers at London’s

legendary AIR Studios.

The $6000 S-2EX is a three-way,

stand-mount compact in a bass-reﬂex

enclosure. The bafﬂe has a gentle

curve in it, as well as a backward

slope, that serves to time-align the

transducers at the listening position.

Weighing in at over sixty pounds,

the cabinet is bolstered by multiple

layers of laminated MDF, ranging in

thickness from 30mm to 100mm;

the side panels are curvilinear to

reduce internal standing waves.

With its massive internal bracing, the

enclosure’s resemblance to a ship’s

hull is striking.

As with the TAD M-1, a concentric

driver uniﬁes the tweeter and

midrange transducers. Although

it’s a dead ringer for the M-

Bridging the divide

Pioneer S-2EX Loudspeaker

Neil Gader

Electronically reprinted from February 2007

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Equipment ReportBy offering qualities we typically associate with audiophile speakers as well as those from the pro-monitor world, Pioneer’s EX

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February 2007 The Absolute Sound1’s driver, the EX midrange cone is magnesium rather than the M-I’s far more expensive beryllium. In e

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February 2007 The Absolute Soundorchestral section is clearly deﬁned in space. From the immediacy of low-level drums and winds, to the

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