EWS530C Edgeless In-Wall LCR

• • 3-way multi-purpose in-wall LCR speaker
  • Edgeless construction for significantly reduced visible footprint
  • two 5.25″ low mass ballistic-grade Kevlar cone midbass drivers
  • One 3″ (76mm) low mass ballistic-grade Kevlar cone midrange driver
  • Two 1″ (25mm) aimable silk dome Neodymium tweeters
  • Front-mounted 3-position (-3dB, 0dB, +3dB) treble, midrange, and bass level controls
  • 12dB/Octave crossover network with polyswitch protection
  • Easy Turn-N-Lock™ installation mechanisms
  • Gold plated spring loaded terminals
  • Magnetically attached and paintable grille

• Power Handling: 350 Watts MAX
• Frequency Response: 40Hz–20kHz
• Sensitivity: 87dB 1W/1M
• Impedance (Ohms): 8
• Outer Dimensions: 9.75″ (248mm) x 13.75″ (349mm)
• Cutout Width: 12.83″ (326mm)
• Cutout Height: 8.81″ (224mm)
• Mounting Depth: 3.34″ (85mm)
• Weight: 6.8 lbs (3.1 kgs)

• Home theater and 2-channel/music systems
• Center channel for enhanced dialogue clarity and soundstage coherence
• Architects’ custom projects / high-end designs
• Contractors, custom installers, and retailers
• Kitchens, hallways, and atriums
• New construction & retrofit applications
• Rooms with acoustically challenging layouts
• Surround sound applications

The EWS530C features an edgeless design that enhances interior aesthetics by minimizing its visible footprint, allowing it to blend seamlessly into walls. Its frameless construction and magnetically attached grille sit flush with the speaker baffle and can be easily removed and painted to match wall colors. This focus on visual integration addresses the Wife Approval Factor (WAF), emphasizing the importance of harmonious design in modern homes.

Earthquake Sound has engineered the Edgeless series to ensure that aesthetics do not compromise audio quality. While frameless designs often struggle with bass response due to limited enclosure depth, Earthquake’s proprietary technologies, including advanced XLT geometry, enable impressive performance in a discreet form. The EWS530C thus delivers high-end audio while meeting strict aesthetic standards.

Beneath its aesthetically focused exterior, the EWS530C incorporates specific technical features and components designed to deliver high-fidelity audio performance, particularly for its intended LCR role. It employs a three-way driver configuration that utilizes separate drivers optimized for different parts of the frequency spectrum. The specific complement includes dual 5.25-inch (133mm) woofers that reproduce low frequencies. One 3-inch (76mm) midrange driver to handle the critical midrange frequencies, including vocals and many instrumental fundamentals, and dual 1-inch (25mm) tweeters tasked with reproducing high frequencies.

This three-way design provides distinct advantages over a more straightforward two-way setup, typically featuring only a woofer (or mid-woofer) and a tweeter. The woofers can fully focus on bass performance by dedicating a driver to the crucial midrange frequencies. This specialization leads to lower distortion and improved power handling. For LCR speakers, particularly the center channel, a dedicated midrange driver significantly enhances the clarity and richness of dialogue, making it more engaging. Moreover, including dual tweeters improves sound dispersion, ensuring that a wider audience enjoys crisp, clear, high-frequency audio no matter where they sit.

The woofers and midrange driver are constructed of low-mass, high-stiffness Kevlar cones that provide rigidity under excursion (reducing cone breakup distortion) while remaining lightweight for fast transient response. Known for producing smoother, detailed, and non-fatiguing high frequencies, the tweeters utilize a silk dome for a more natural sound than metal alternatives. The motor structure consists of Neodymium magnets for improved efficiency, transient response, and power handling. It facilitates the compact design necessary for a swiveling mechanism within the limited space of the speaker. And because they are aimable, directing the high frequencies accurately towards the listeners helps to optimize the soundstage focus, improve stereo or multichannel imaging, and compensate for installations where the speaker placement might be slightly off-axis relative to the main seating positions. This adjustability ensures that critical high-frequency details are delivered effectively to the audience.

A 12dB/Octave crossover network with high-quality components ensures seamless frequency transitions and includes polyswitch protection, safeguarding the tweeters from excessive power or current. Gold-plated, spring-loaded terminals maintain secure connections, while the speaker is housed in a durable impact-resistant ABS chassis for longevity and acoustic integrity.

Beyond the core construction and specifications, the EWS530C In-Wall LCR incorporates features designed to enhance its performance, flexibility, and adaptability to different listening environments and user preferences. Because in-wall speaker performance is closely linked to room acoustics and placement, the EWS530C includes dedicated -3dB, 0dB, and +3dB adjustment switches for bass, midrange, and treble regions. This three-band equalization capability offers considerable flexibility to tailor the speaker’s sound profile. Users can compensate for less-than-ideal room-induced imbalances or adjust the midrange to enhance dialogue clarity based on personal listening preferences.

The provision of a dedicated midrange control is a powerful tool in itself. Midrange frequencies are fundamentally important for the intelligibility of human voices and the distinct character of many musical instruments. The EWS530C is explicitly designed for LCR use, where the center channel carries the load of dialogue information in movies and television. This level of control is often absent in simpler in-wall speaker designs.

The EWS530C is designed for straightforward integration into standard wall structures by utilizing the Turn-N-Lock™ mechanisms to simplify installation. This system employs rotating clamps or dog ears built into the speaker chassis. After the speaker is inserted into the wall cutout, turning screws on the front baffle engages these clamps, which then pivot outwards and tighten against the rear surface of the drywall, securely fastening the speaker in place. Turn-N-Lock streamlines the overall installation process from setup to finish.

Complementing the frameless speaker design is a magnetically attached grille offering practical advantages for both installation and customization. The magnetic attachment simplifies the installation process, allowing the grille to be easily snapped into place or removed without tools. Crucially, the grille is also paintable, allowing homeowners or installers to precisely match the grille color to the surrounding wall paint or decor. This further enhances the speaker’s ability to disappear visually and reinforces the seamless blend objective.

EAN: 0068975900602