EXPIRED   For Sale Kudos Audio Cardea Super 20A Floorstanding Loudspeakers

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KUDOS Cardea SUPER 20A - Walnut

RRP: AUD 10,900.00

In short, Cardea Super 20A, it’s a brilliant communicator and it knows how to hold a room. It’s also incredibly insightful, probing into the depths of each recorded musical performance in order to faithfully expose everything that’s in there.

“The sense of occasion was electric, like being hard-wired into the original performance with so much texture and detail, fiery virtuosity, and drama,” says Hi-Fi Plus magazine. “Beautifully clear, open and lively… revealing every last layer of fine micro detail.” “Deliciously authentic,” adds Hi-Fi News. “It’s a loudspeaker that is indeed a little bit special.”

EXCEPTIONAL, CUSTOM-MADE DRIVERS
Kudos’ one-of-a-kind drivers are custom designed in collaboration with leading European experts, SEAS. All four Cardea series models feature our Crescendo K2 fabric dome tweeter, a development of SEAS’ superb (and justifiably costly) Crescendo unit re-engineered exclusively for Kudos. The mid/bass drivers are unique to each model.
The drivers are precisely matched and seamlessly aligned to work together, as one, delivering an effortless ‘just right’ sound. You’ll know it when you hear it.

LOW-ORDER CROSSOVER AND MINIMAL DESIGN FOR A PURER SOUND

The purer the signal, the truer the sound. A Kudos loudspeaker preserves a clean and clear audio signal by favouring a minimal design with our trademark, low-order crossover. The Cardea Super series’ superior quality components are tailored specifically for Kudos to stringent tolerances. They include Mundorf’s MResist Supreme resistors and air-core inductors, and ClarityCap’s unique CopperConnect technology capacitors.

FIXED BOUNDARY BASS REFLEX LOADING
Since bass plays such a powerful role in how we hear music, our floorstanding Cardeas pay particular attention to delivering superior sound at the all-important lower end. The Super 20A’s fixed boundary bass reflex loading is key to a more agile, nuanced, textured and detailed bass reproduction.

INTERIOR DESIGN
The Cardea series’ modernist aesthetic looks elegantly simple on the outside, yet the inside is reassuringly hard-working. In a true marriage of form and function, design and materials combine to effectively manage unwanted vibrations while leaving the natural dynamics of your music blissfully undisturbed.

ACTIVE CONFIGURATION (UPGRADEABLE)
Like the Titan series, our ‘Super’ Cardea models are configured to allow simple by-passing of the internal crossover for active operation with leading electronics including Linn Exakt, Devialet Expert, Naim SNAXO and Exposure VXN. Upgrading to active operation enables a variety of performance and personalisation enhancing capabilities.

Hi-Fi News Review:  "HIGHLY COMMENDED"

STEREO Magazin Review (with lab test/measurements): "OUTSTANDING PRODUCT"

Specification:

Transducer system:  2-way, Bass reflex, floorStanding, SEAS-Kudos 180mm cast chassis unit hand-treated papercone, 26mm voice coil with copper shorting ring and aluminium phase plug, SEAS-Kudos Crescendo K2 29mm fabric dome
Frequency Response: 30Hz – 30kHz AIRR (average in-room response)
Impedance:  8 ohms, easy to drive
Minimum Impedance:  6.50 ohm @ 140Hz (easy load for any type of amplifier) 
Sensitivity:  88dB/1W/1m
Amplifier suggestion:  Works with a wide range of amplifiers, ideally from 25-300W/channel.
Dimensions:  925 x 200 x 270mm / Plinth  270mm (width) x 340mm (depth)
Finish:  Natural Oak 
Weight:  22 Kg each

For any additional info please contact us on:  info@audiomagic.com.au