The “better” product line offered by Hybrid Audio Technologies is our Clarus series, a “cost-effective high end” option for the customer that wants a premium speaker system without going into the “best” and “superior” categories Hybrid Audio Technologies offers. All design cues for the Clarus series were taken from the Legatia series.
The C61-2 Clarus kit contains a pair of 6.5" midbass, a pair of 20mm soft-dome tweeters, Clarus competition crossovers with nickel-plated spring-loaded terminals (suitable for display), tweeter hardware with several tweeter mounting options, connection wire, and grilles
Clarus is BETTER than other kits in the $329.99 - $649.99 retail price range, because:
• The Clarus C51-2 kit was reviewed in Car Audio & Electronics Magazine, and was one of the highest-scoring sets in the magazine’s 18-year history, beating sets priced five and six times as much;
• The rearward portion of the woofer’s paper cone is water proof. We all know paper cones sound best – Clarus is the best of both worlds: the sound quality of a good paper cone, with water-proof treatment that doesn’t add mass or coloration;
• The woofer’s surround is inverted for shallow grille and door clearance, and also to enhance edge-mode distortion damping for better sound quality;
• The woofer has good, usable excursion, ensuring excellent midbass amplitude and response. The woofer’s motor is stronger than the Imagines’ motor to excellent power handling and high-amplitude ability, all the while retaining excellent sound quality;
• The woofer’s Thiele/Small parameters have been optimized to work in factory locations, such as doors, rear-decks, rear quarter panels, kick panel crumple zones, and dashboards;
• The tweeter is 20mm (3/4-inch) in diameter for unlimited mounting options, and the diameter ensures excellent on- and off-axis polar response;
• The connections at the woofer terminals are via a solid PCB board and nickel-plated terminations. Connection wire is included with each kit;
• The supplied outboard crossovers include high-grade, low-tolerance capacitors and inductors with no on-board equalization (because the Clarus speakers don’t need equalization like most of its competition). The crossovers have nickel-plated spring-loaded terminals and are suitable for display;
• Like Imagine and all other Hybrid Audio Technologies products, this kit carries Hybrid Audio Technologies’ guaranteed future value. At any point in the future, your customer can "trade-up" this product for any equal or higher-priced Hybrid Audio Technologies and receive 75% guaranteed value within 6 months of purchase, and a lifetime 60% guaranteed value thereafter (this ensures a better chance at a return customer);
• Hybrid Audio Technologies dealers all across the country have placed Clarus next to competitor’s offerings in the $500 - $1,200 category, and the results have been unanimous thus far: Clarus is an exceptional set, irrespective of price.
• Nothing sounds better than the Clarus kits in this price range.
