RBH UNRIVALED 6500/AX – Floorstanding Tower Speaker System

RBH UNRIVALED 6500/AX – Floorstanding Tower Speaker System

Sleek and powerful, bold and beautiful in both design and sound reproduction. The UNRIVALED 6500 is a marvel of design and engineering. Featuring a hybrid HDF and Acrylic Polymer enclosure, the UNRIVALED 6500 is dense and rigid, and with customizable side panels you can tailor your speaker for your space. With the triple 6.5" woofers, the bass is nothing short of musical, tight, and punchy. If you want the best, the UNRIVALED 6500/AX with active crossover technology is the answer, featuring time alignment, linear phase FIR filters, and all the DSP control you could want for a truly exemplary speaker system that must be experienced.

• 1.38" x 1" (35 x 25mm) AMT (Air Motion Transformer) tweeter
• Dual 6.5" aluminum cone phase plug midrange drivers
• Triple 6.5" aluminum cone woofers
• HDF/Acrylic Polymer enclosure
• Inboard amplification: 150W Tweeter, 250W Mids, 600W Woofers
• Up to 2000 Watts of shared, distributed power
• FIR linear phase active crossover, 80dB/Octave
• 30Hz – 40kHz (±3dB) Frequency Response
• Made in USA
• 10 Year Warranty; 3 Year (Amplifier)

Highlights & Key Technologies

Bring Your Listening Room To Life
High fidelity and finesse. You will love the elegant stature and smooth, balanced sound of your UNRIVALED 6500 full-range tower speakers. Eye-catching appearance, small footprint, stellar performance. The active FIR filter crossover in the 2000W Powered 6500/AX features linear phase, providing an unparalleled listening experience.

Power and Finesse
Triple 6.5" aluminum woofers deliver tight and musical output, while the extraordinary proprietary high output AMT tweeter provides smooth and highly detailed performance. The 6.5 inch aluminum cone mid-range drivers complete the array. Tweeter protection is provided.

Inboard Class D Amplification
The Active "AX" version is powered by a Marani amp in the master tower featuring RBH programmed state-of-the-art class D amplification supplying up to 2000 Watts of shared, distributed power. Power is allocated as 150 Watts to the tweeter, 250 Watts to the mids, and 600 Watts to the woofers.

Onboard DSP and FIR Filters
The onboard DSP features Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filters to enhance phase correction of the speaker's response and also doubles as an active crossover network, providing extreme sound contouring flexibility.

UNRIVALED Active Crossover System (AX)
The crème de la crème. The best of the best. Active systems are the future with unparalleled control and the most advanced FIR linear phase crossover functionality with up to a staggering 108dB/octave crossover filters, a feat that simply isn't possible with a passive system. When you buy an RBH UNRIVALED Active speaker system, you not only get a flagship DSP processor with the best Burr Brown DACs, but you also get state of the art class D amplification. Internal options are available for a cleaner approach; with the same quality amplification built in and the same DSP functionality as external amplification and processing, there is very little compromise. The FIR filters allow the system to achieve a ruler flat response as well as provide time alignment not only with the distance of the speaker drivers, but across the frequency spectrum, ensuring all of the sound connects with your eardrums at the same time. Welcome to the future!

Damping Materials
Wool is an excellent acoustic absorber. It has a greater density and absorptive ability over polyfill. It is the material of choice for any sealed enclosures or chambers. For ported enclosures, cabinets are lined with high quality 1 inch foam which is a terrific absorber and ensures nothing is projected out of the ports.

R.A.D. Technology (Rubberized Aluminum Dampener)
Each UNRIVALED speaker cabinet is internally lined with an anti-resonance material. This material is made from rubber and aluminum and is adhered to the internal walls of the speaker. Effectively, it adds to the absorption of unwanted vibrations.

Internally Wired with Kimber Kable
As part of the no compromise that we pledge with UNRIVALED systems, we utilize Kimber wire with their tried and true braided geometry which further improves crosstalk rejection and external influences.

R.D.A.P. (Resonance Damping Acrylic Polymer)
To further the performance of the speaker (as well as cosmetics), side panels made from acrylic polymer solid surface, which has a density similar to granite, can drastically improve the rigidity of the speaker, which substantially reduces cabinet resonance providing several benefits including: reducing smearing, improved imaging, improved soundstage, tightened response, and improved clarity.

G.A.D.S. (patent pending)
On select, sealed only, speaker systems, RBH's new G.A.D.S. (granular acoustic damping system) technology is employed. Not only does it have mass loading effects, which can further improve the rigidity of the cabinet, it is also an excellent acoustic absorber. The marvel of this technology is while the granular particulates may occupy a significant amount of space in the enclosure, the impact on the total volume is negligibly affected, therefore the tuning of the box is near unaffected.

Customizable
Multiple side panel and finish options are available. The cabinet is offered in satin black or white with a hand painted satin finish, the acrylic polymer resonance damping side panels in gloss black or white, and the aluminum cone drivers in black or silver.

Timbre Matching
The 6500/AX provides timbre matched options for multi-channel sound across all freestanding, bookshelf, on-wall and in-wall products in the SF, SV, SI and UNRIVALED series.

Built in the USA
The 6500/AX is individually hand built, painted and tested. It is designed, engineered, tested and assembled in USA from American and imported parts, and the cabinet is made in the USA of High Density Fiberboard (HDF). For over 50 years, RBH Sound has designed and built loudspeakers in the USA with a singular focus - accurate sound reproduction, reliability, and timeless performance.

Details & Specifications

MODEL INFORMATION
Model Name: UNRIVALED 6500/AX
Series: UNRIVALED
Configuration: Internal DSP + Amp
Sold as pair

SYSTEM TYPE
Freestanding Active Loudspeaker

DRIVE UNITS
(1) 1.38" x 1" (35 x 25mm) AMT Tweeter
(2) 6.5" Aluminum Cone Phase Plug Mids
(3) 6.5" Aluminum Cone Woofers
Tweeter protection: Yes

AMPLIFICATION
Amplifier: Marani amp in the master tower; RBH programmed state-of-the-art class D
Amplifier plate: PDA540PF
Total power: Up to 2000 Watts of shared, distributed power
Inboard Amp: 150W Tweeter, 250W Mids, 600W Woofers

PERFORMANCE
Frequency Response: 30Hz-40kHz (±3dB)

CROSSOVER
Crossover filters: FIR Linear Phase, active
Crossover Frequencies: 80Hz, 2700Hz
Crossover Slope: 80dB/Octave
Internal wiring: Kimber Kable

ENCLOSURE
Enclosure: HDF/Acrylic Polymer
HDF construction
Acrylic Polymer resonance damping panels
Finish: Satin Black or Satin White; hand painted satin finish
Side panels: Gloss Black or White
Driver cones: Black or Silver

GRILLE DETAILS
Black or White Cloth Mag Attached
Magnetic grille

PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Dimensions (H x W x D): 48-13/16" x 11-1/4" x 14-7/8" (1240 x 286 x 378mm)
Spiked outriggers
Weight: 109 lbs (49.44 kg) (powered tower)

MANUFACTURE
Made in USA
Designed, Engineered, Tested and Assembled in USA from American and imported parts
Cabinet made in USA of High Density Fiberboard (HDF)
Individually hand built, painted and tested

WARRANTY
10 Year Limited Warranty (with registration within 90 days)
3 Year Limited Warranty - Amplifier (with registration within 90 days)