ME-Geithain ME 150

Brief description

High-quality, passive floorstanding speaker with coaxial system for listening distances between 2 and 3.50 m.

Data

General

• Manufacturer: ME-Geithain
• Model: ME 150
• Year of manufacture: at least since 2008
• Manufactured in: Germany
• Color: ash black, others optional
• Dimensions: 240 x 1035 x 300 mm (W x H x D) + base plate
• Weight: 26 kg
• New price: from approx. 5000,- EUR (pair)

Technical Data

• Construction: 3-way, bass reflex
• drivers:
  • Low frequency: 1x cone (Ø 160 mm)

Midrange: 1x cone (Ø 160 mm)

• • tweeter: 1x dome (Ø 25 mm, coaxial in midrange chassis)
• Power handling (nominal/music): 160 W / 200 W

efficiency:

• Frequency response: 45 - 20,000 Hz (-3 dB).
• Transitional ranges: 300 Hz / 2200 Hz
• Impedance: 4 Ohm

• Maximum sound level: 112 dB peak; r = 1 m
• Sensitivity: 85 dB
• directivity (100 Hz - 10,000 Hz): increasing from 3 dB to 8 dB

Special Features

• Bi-wiring terminal
• Coaxial speaker for mid/high range
• Bass reflex port facing the base plate

Comments

Other models of the same series:

• ME 25
• ME 100
• ME 100C
• ME 110
• ME 150
• ME 160
• ME 180

Pictures

Reports

• Audio magazine 9/2007
  • Audio rating: "outstanding" (96 points), high-end class.

"However, the Geithain (...) had to pay tribute to its limiter during the spontaneous metal concert and didn't quite reach the extreme levels of the (...). Before reaching that limit, however, it stood out positively due to greater transparency."

"... - its low bass possessed an almost frightening assertiveness in both cases..."

"So spatially natural, so far-reaching and yet accurate in distance hardly any speaker had ever played in the AUDIO listening room before."

• Listening Experience, Issue 63 (2008)

Without any ifs and buts Joachim Kiesler succeeded in creating a passive loudspeaker that is exceptionally comfortable in the living room and that matches the outstanding sound quality of the active monitors. A loudspeaker without airs and graces that does what it was designed for, namely to pass on music as it is delivered. Uncritical in set-up and compatible with tube and transistor (whose respective capabilities are made clear without question mark), it is suitable for any kind of musical performance. A very thick recommendation!"

• fairaudio issue 8/2010

"This three-way driver has a good portion of pick-up factor. It is powerful and colourful - as well as dynamic: whether it's a banging toms, hard synthesizer beats, guitar strings plucked at lightning speed or other snappy impulses - the Geithain ME 150 knows how to transport all this impressively towards the listener."

"I've rarely had a loudspeaker as a guest - certainly not in this price range - that is so convincing across such a wide range of criteria, which are standard to knock off in our listening reviews. But nobody is perfect - and loudspeakers even less so: the room acoustics and the rest of the chain will certainly have a decisive say in the last bit of airiness that the ME 150 may deprive you of - depending on your demands and listening habits."

Links

• ME 150 company website
• fairaudio.de, review, accessed January 7, 2020.