NHT Classic Three

How about a three-way?

Fast Facts
Simply put, the Three is the best bookshelf speaker NHT has ever made — and that’s saying a lot! Features include:

• 3-way, acoustic suspension design
• Newly developed 6.5” aluminum cone bass driver
• NHT’s exclusive midrange/tweeter assembly
• A wider listening area, better deep bass extension and higher power handling than the NHT Two
• Easily wall-mountable

The ultimate bookshelf speaker for music and film
The dynamics needed to effectively reproduce today’s digital soundtracks and music really demand a 3-way speaker, and the NHT Three steps up to the task in a big way, giving you higher output, broader dispersion, deeper bass extension and greater power handling capability. Yet this mighty performer is still under 14” tall and under 8” wide, making it remarkably easy to integrate into your living space.

Capable of cranking out detailed, gutsy, room-filling sound in even medium sized listening areas, the Three’s acoustic suspension design uses nature’s perfect spring force — air — to control the cone motion instead of a heavy, unpredictable mechanical suspension. It takes a little more amplifier power to do an acoustic suspension design justice, but the greatly decreased distortion, deeper bass response, and increased detail are well worth it.

Two drivers on one plate By using a unique tweeter/midrange assembly that mounts two low-distortion drivers close together on a single plate, NHT has created a speaker with a larger listening area, lower distortion, and higher power handling than previous designs.

The perfect woofer material
The 6.5” woofer features a frame made from BMC (Bulk Molding Compound). Designers usually have to choose between inexpensive, mechanically sound materials such as ABS plastic and stamped steel, or expensive materials such as cast aluminum or magnesium that are ideal mechanically and acoustically. BMC is the best of both worlds: a cost-effective material that is immensely stiff, and easily shaped into acoustically ideal forms.

Acoustically sound, environmentally friendly — and affordable
NHT makes its cabinets with MDF, a board manufactured primarily of wood residues from the production of lumber and plywood, with a low percentage of virgin tree wood. The cabinets are hand-finished with 7 coats of polyurethane which is applied in a “solid particle” method that’s safe for the environment. This finish is then sealed with 2 coats of automotive grade clear-coat to protect the cabinet for years.

By using materials such as MDF in the construction of their cabinets and avoiding exotic wood veneers, NHT makes acoustically sound, furniture-grade cabinets that are environmentally friendly and affordable to produce.

Highlights

• Newly developed 6.5” woofer
• Unique tweeter/midrange assembly mounts two drivers in one plate
• Easily wall-mountable
• Larger listening area, lower distortion, and higher power handling than previous designs
• Frequency Response: 45Hz-20kHz
• Sensitivity: Sensitivity 86dB (2.83v@1m)
• Impedance: 8? nominal,
• Dimensions: 13.75”/350mm x 7.5”/191mm x 10.375”/264mm (H x W x D)
• Weight: 17 lbs./7.7 kg each