Very impressive 3-Way Floorstanding Speakers from NHT VT-1.2

Very impressive 3-Way Floorstanding Speakers from NHT boasting extreme performance in a compact footprint.

Radique’s Take: We’re huge fans of NHT. We’ve recommended their slim form factor 3-Way towers to numerous customers looking for great sounding, unobtrusive floorstanders, and some of our own team members use them in their primary home systems.

From NHT:

“NHT speakers are designed to deliver refined, musical sound from attractive and affordable packages. Our efforts are guided by the study of human hearing and are optimized for real-world use. Every NHT loudspeaker undergoes rigorous testing and quality control at the factory to ensure you years of listening pleasure.

Designed as a smaller and more affordable counterpart to NHT’s revolutionary VT-2 Audio / Video Reference Speaker, theVT-1.2 incorporates many of its larger sibling’s technologies, including an easily accessible Audio / Video switch on the front panel. The VT-1.2’s are designed to provide high-performance sound when used as main L-R speakers in five-channel home theater systems.

Inside the VT-1.2 are two separate chambers. The midrange and high frequency drivers are housed in a sealed sub-enclosure and located on a narrow front baffle. The 8-inch long-throw subwoofer is housed in a separate vented enclosure and is mounted on the side of the cabinet for consistent bass loading.

The Audio / Video Switch on the front baffle of the VT-1.2 makes it an ideal speaker for combined audio / video systems. The “Audio” mode (A) provides impressive imaging for music playback, while the “Video” mode (V) broadens the soundfield horizontally for a diffuse, ambi-ent presentation. This “smearing” of the sound in the “Video” mode greatly minimizes the occurrence of cognitive dissonance, a psychoacoustical phenomenon which occurs when a nonscreen visual image is accompanied by a sound that is placed offscreen in a precise location. NHT’s Audio / Video switch is a means for optimizing the speaker during home theater use to minimize cognitive dissonance, which confuses sensory perception and can compromise the realism of the experience.”

Model VT-1.2 Specifications – System Type: 3-way vented design

– Driver Complement: 8” long-throw subwoofer, two 4.5” midranges, 1” fluid-cooled soft dome tweeter, video shielded (upper portion only)

– Crossover: 120Hz 6dB/octave high-pass and 12dB/octave low-pass

Audio mode: 2.2KHz 12dB/octave high-pass and low-pass Video mode: 2.2KHz 12dB/octave high-pass and 6db/octave low-pass –

Response: 33Hz – 21KHz, +/- 3dB –

Sensitivity: 86db (2.83V at 1M) –

Impedance: 8 ohms nominal, 5 ohms minimum –

Recommended Amplifier Power : 35W/ch minimum, 200W/ch maximum

– Inputs: 1 pair of 5-way binding posts for woofer input 1 pair of 5-way binding posts for mid/high input

– Dimensions: 38”H x 5.5’W x 15.75″D, Weight: 42 Ibs. each

Asking $795 for these very impressive slim profile NHT Floorstanders in very good condition. Original Packaging available.