Francesco Meli and IO Design are thrilled to announce the Maestro as the new Testimonial of the young but already famous Italian loudspeakers brand.

After the collaboration of Francesco Meli, together with IO Design team in the project of the Prima Verdi album, published by Warner Music on CD and Vinyl, Francesco Meli‘s passion for High-End, reaches new heights by marrying the extreme loudspeakers project by IO Design.

The class of the Italian tenor reflects the perfection of the performance and the innovative and iconic design of IO Design, in a stellar partnership.

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IO DESIGN

SUPERIOR HI-END DESIGN

NAKED RS

There are big differences in the new RS model that fully justify the sound evolution between the Naked and the RS. Even if the structure is the same, only from a physical standpoint, the differences are:

  • Acoustic Elegance woofers
  • Crossover reengineering to manage a double coil woofer like AE
  • Top Mundorf components
  • Top Mundorf cabling
  • 0,5 carat diamond feet instead of 0,35

The RS model is extremely more complex and requires double the manufacturing time not to forget all the tests that were needed to manage a significative improvement to the Naked speaker that was already blowing out of the water many speakers at double or triple the price… at these levels every little atom of performance costs huge efforts and investments.

From the sound performance standpoint, the RS is even deeper than the Naked on bass, now truly earthquake-like. It is even more prompt on music raise, energy is even higher. Timbrically speaking we perceive a general improvement again due to the better performance on bass notes that is reflected on the other frequency ranges, everything is even more clean and transparent, listening fatigue was already minimal on Naked even better on the RS. 

Aerospace aluminium and military grade CNC machining precision. Proprietary laboratory grade anti-vibration structure, torque wrench precision joints tightening (first ever usage to control the resonances), damped solid steel precision feet with proprietary unidirectional vibration draining flow. Structure is resonance frequency controlled.
Custom loudspeakers drivers precision matching. Proprietary crossover design with top quality electronic components.
Patent pending tuning solutions for a perfect room’s setup.
Top level finishing featuring a luxury architectural leather upholstery (non animal origin) and interiors design grade painting.
Wood crates ISPM15 norm compliant. CE certification.

Specifications

2 Woofers 12`` Acoustic Elegance (custom made)

1 magneto-planar Midrange (custom made)

1 Mundorf ribbon Tweeter

0,5 carat diamond feet

Sensitivity 89 dB

Nominal Impedance 4 Ohm (minimum 3 Ohm)

Frequency response 22-35.000 Hz (measured in house, +/3 dB, 1 mt)

Dimensions

Height 1550 mm

Width 470 mm

Depth 660 mm

Weight 90 kg (each)

Boxed weight 140 Kg (each)

Wheel carrying system (for shipping & positioning)

NAKED

Aerospace aluminium and military grade CNC machining precision. Proprietary laboratory grade anti-vibration structure, torque wrench precision joints tightening (first ever usage to control the resonances), damped solid steel precision feet with proprietary unidirectional vibration draining flow. Structure is resonance frequency controlled.
Custom loudspeakers drivers precision matching. Proprietary crossover design with top quality electronic components.
Patent pending tuning solutions for a perfect room’s setup.
Top level finishing featuring a luxury architectural leather upholstery (non animal origin) and interiors design grade painting.
Wood crates ISPM15 norm compliant. CE certification.

Specifications

2 Woofers 12`` (custom made)

1 magneto-planar Midrange (custom made)

1 Mundorf ribbon Tweeter

Sensitivity 91,5 dB

Nominal Impedence 8 Ohm (minimum 4 Ohm)

Frequency response 25-35.000 Hz (measured in house, +/3 dB, 1 mt)

Dimensions

Height 1550 mm

Width 470 mm

Depth 660 mm

Weight 80 kg (each)

Boxed weight 130 Kg (each)

Wheel carrying system (for shipping & positioning)

DEALERS

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ROBERT DO DESIGN

USA - CA - GRANITE BAY

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HIGH DESERT AUDIO

USA - CA - PALM DESERT

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LOCRIAN AUDIO

USA - TEXAS - DALLAS

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ELISE AUDIO

ENGLAND - LONDON

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OASIS AUDIO

HONG KONG & MACAO

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Musicadomia

France

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