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Loudspeakers
Get full-range sound from a small box — County Durham speakers built around isobaric and ribbon engineering.
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about neat acoustics
Neat Acoustics was founded in 1989 by Bob Surgeoner in the North East of England, the name standing for North East Audio Traders. The company launched with the Neat Petite and has built its reputation on getting unexpectedly full-range, room-filling sound out of compact enclosures, often using isobaric bass loading and ribbon or AMT high-frequency drivers to do it — engineering choices aimed at small rooms rather than statement footprints. The current range spans the tiny Iota and Iota Alpha — the Alpha a floorstander barely larger than a typical standmount — up through the Motive and the higher Ministra and Mystique models, including the recent Mystique Classic. The line is deliberately weighted toward standmounts and small floorstanders, the formats Neat has spent thirty-five years refining. Neat competes in the British compact-loudspeaker conversation with the likes of ProAc, Spendor, Harbeth, and Rega — buyers cross-shop on cabinet size, bass extension relative to footprint, and the brand's distinctive driver choices. In the US it is distributed by High Fidelity Services of Hingham, Massachusetts. Press coverage is consistent and recent, with the Iota Alpha reviewed at Stereophile, the Iota covered by The Absolute Sound, and the Mystique Classic reviewed by What Hi-Fi and The Ear. Speakers are designed and built in Barnard Castle, County Durham, in the north-east of England.