Starke Sound Designs and Engineers their Products in California with Starke LMF Technology™ drivers - 10 Year Warranty on Loudspeakers, 3 years on Amplifiers.

Home Theater High Fidelity Review - Craig Chase DECEMBER 22, 2021 Floor Standing Review

"The STARKE SOUND IC-H2 FLOOR-STANDING SPEAKERS deliver tremendous performance for their size and amazing sonics for the money. Their design suggests a much more expensive speaker".

Stated in the above review:

Dan Wiggins, the chief designer of all Starke Sound speakers, has a saying: “Woofers should not midrange, midranges should not woof, or tweet and tweeters should not midrange.” He believes that the three drivers should work perfectly as individual units in a linear fashion. He accomplished this with thousands of hours of measuring, listening, designing, and finally manufacturing. The 4-inch midrange is the anchor of the system, operating from 300 to 2,900Hz. The ultra-steep crossover network means that the 30-300Hz bandwidth will be exclusively the work of the 5.25-inch woofer, the 300-2,900Hz area goes to the 4-inch mid with 2,900Hz and up being the job of the tweeter. The science behind this is sound. The length of the sound wave for every frequency produced by each driver is at least 50 percent longer than the effective diameter of each driver. On paper, this all makes for a speaker with wide dispersion ability.

My job is to do some serious listening to hear if Mr. Wiggins has managed to turn his design goals into executed reality.

	The individual performances on this disc are some of the best ever. The IC-H2s throw back the curtain and treat us to exceptional detail at every level. What is truly special, though, is the entirety of the performance. After I did the “reviewer thing” with critical listening, I found there was an urge to play the disc again and just relax. It was then that the reality hit that these small towers can bring one into the performance of a jazz ensemble. The IC-H2’s gave me an opportunity to take off the reviewer hat, pour a drink, and go to a concert.

IC-H2 is a compact, 38-inch tall, 3-way floor-stander that simply rocks. With legendary Halo Series performance from patented LMF technology, industrial design with an aluminum faceplate and piano gloss finish. A carbon fiber midrange contributes to realism and the advanced crossover integrates woofer and tweeter for flat response from 28 Hz to 28 kHz. 

This 3-way floor-standing speaker not only retains the essence of Starke Sound Halo DNA but also contains cutting-edge Starke Sound technology. The IC-H2 has the latest evolution of the legendary Starke Sound LMF® and the newest and most innovative NeoPower™ N50H magnet driver. The technology in the IC-H2 pushes boundaries for unparalleled sensitivity and delivers an impressive and detailed soundstage supported by an articulated bass. With more depth, detail, and bass, the IC-H2 will transform your perception of sound.

TAS Review by Neil Gader

Starke Sound IC-H3 Halo Elite Loudspeaker 

Elite, Indeed

by Neil Gader | Jun 22nd, 2017

"Sonically, the IC-H3 Elite was a boisterous floor stander thinly disguised as a stand-mounted compact. From the initial percussion bursts of Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, the gusto and linearity of its dual-woofers low end quickly upended any thoughts that the Starke was going to be a paper tiger. During this showpiece, the sound was explosive, with considerable grip on the bass drum/timpani concussions, and clean, natural decays that didn’t smudge the adjoining fiery brass and winds sections. The IC-H3 gamely handled the full weight of this piece, taking the measure of each rippling harmonic with tunefulness and control. Such bass precision is one of the key virtues of sealed-box loudspeakers, with bottom octaves devoid of overhang or port effects. In this instance, the Starke found a happy medium, neither truncating the note nor (as is the case with some bass-reflex designs) letting it overstay its welcome. Additionally, in the macro-dynamic sense, there was no mistaking that I was in the presence of a three-way. The typical two-way would have been inviting a hernia if it attempted to summon the low-frequency dynamic energy and sheer SPLs that the Starke effortlessly displayed".

IC-H5 Halo Include Beryllium Tweeters! - $6960 Each/MSRP $13,920. Pair, Flat Black 

Limited Availability.

(3) 8 inch bass drivers. If that wasn't enough we added a 12-inch carbon-fiber passive bass driver. The passive driver technology utilizes a very special honeycomb structural assembly to increase its strength and rigidity improving its punch. This superior speaker possesses a flat response from low frequency to high frequency with fast, rich details and an incredibly large dynamic range. IC-H5 is the perfect speaker for high-end stereo sound and multi-channel home theater.

Type: Three-way, acoustic-suspension loudspeaker

Drivers: 1" Supper Beryllium tweeter, 4" carbon-fiber mid, (3) 8" aluminum woofer, (1) 12" Passive Driver

Frequency response: 28Hz–40kHz

Recommended Amplifier 60 - 500W

Impedance: 4 ohms

Sensitivity: 92dB SPL

Dimensions: 48"H x 9.9"W x 15.7"D

Weight: 121.2 lbs

Warranty: 10 Years