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.

Design and Sound

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

Condition

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