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Kudos | Super 20A - Loudspeakers

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We’ll always have a soft spot for the Super 20A here at Kudos. The Kudos brand was launched with the Cardea series, and the Super 20A is the topmost development of the series. Think of the last time you met somebody who was so fascinating, so entertaining and so utterly engaging, and who had a voice so captivating, that you could happily listen to them forever. That’s the feeling you get on meeting a Cardea Super 20A. In short, 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.

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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.

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Specifications

Type
2-way
Bass reflex
Floorstander
Recommended amplifier power detail
25W - 300W
Tweeter
SEAS-Kudos Crescendo K2 29mm fabric dome
​Plinth Dimensions
270mm (width) x 340mm (depth)
Nominal impedance
8 ohms
Frequency range
30Hz – 30kHz AIRR (average in-room response)

Finishes
Black Oak
Natural Oak
Satin White
Walnut
Weight (per loudspeaker)
22 kg
​Mid/bass driver
SEAS-Kudos 180mm cast chassis unit hand-treated papercone, 26mm voice coil with copper shorting ring and aluminium phase plug
Sensitivity
@1W
1m
88 dB
Speaker Dimensions
925mm (h) x 200mm (w) x 270mm (d)

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​PURCHASING HI-FI SHOULD BE A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. YOUR FAVOURITE MUSIC, LISTENING ENVIRONMENT AND LISTENING PREFERENCES WILL NOT MATCH THOSE OF PEOPLE ON FORUMS OR REVIEWERS. SO HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THE EQUIPMENT YOU BUY IS RIGHT FOR YOU? SIMPLE, YOU LISTEN TO IT FIRST!