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Canton AS 125 Subwoofer review
Subwoofer Canton AS 125

A 310-mm woofer with aluminum diffuser is located in the upper part of the front panel of CantonAS 125 sub. Under the speaker there is a large mouth of bass-reflex. Nominal power of the amp is not high (200W), but the stated frequency range is impressive: 20-200 Hz. Volume, cutoff frequency of the crossover's...
Canton AS 22 Subwoofer review
Subwoofer Canton AS 22

AS 22 is a relatively small but very heavy subwoofer, which is installed on little legs, providing the desired isolation from vibrations. The body's walls are made of MDF. The speaker and bass-reflex port are located on the faceplate, being closed by metal grill - a useful thing if there is a potential...
Canton AS 40 Subwoofer review
Subwoofer Canton AS 40

A big 310-mm speaker and located from below on the same vertical axis with it large bass-reflex port look promising. SC (Soft Clipping) scheme works in the amplification path of AS 40, which discharging the speaker from low bass allows reducing the level of nonlinearity. A magnetic shielding of the...
Canton AS 50 Subwoofer review
Subwoofer Canton AS 50

Active Subwoofer 50 is well-equipped and the most powerful among low-frequency Canton devices. There are linear and high-amplitude inputs/outputs (RCA are closed by plugs), controls of band, level and signal phase on the service panel. The terminals are shorted by pairs - LCF is missing everywhere. The...
Canton CD50 Center Speaker review
Center Speaker Canton CD50

The series of CD speaker systems from Canton is developed extremely well, among which there are even wireless active speaker systems and three full 5.1 sets. CD50 takes middle position. They are made by 2,5-way scheme. Polished metal was used as material, but not without plastic - upper and lower ends...
Canton Chrono 503.2 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton Chrono 503.2

Canton Chrono 503.2 speaker systems can be referred to medium-sized monitors, designed for work in small rooms. They have two-way construction with bass-reflex, air port of which is placed to the back wall. Traditionally the systems are assembled on own-engineered drivers, which a number of the patented...
Canton Chrono 507.2 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton Chrono 507.2

Canton Chrono 507.2 are made in a strict design with the lacquered front panel. This is 2.5-way speaker systems with bass-reflex, the port of which is directed down. Issuing air stream is additionally dissipated by a decorative base, which also serves as an effective decoupling from the floor. The...
Canton Chrono 509 DC Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton Chrono 509 DC

Series calculated by the company as a universal - can be easily assembled cinema (everything you need is provided), and you can stay on a stereo pair. By the way, served as the basis for the highly successful line of Ergo. The company claims that the new series took over from his predecessor's proprietary...
Canton Chrono 509.2 DC Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton Chrono 509.2 DC

Chrono 509.2 DC is the older floor standing model from Chrono line and has three-way architecture with four emitters of the branded development. They are installed on the lacquered front panel and framed by metal rings. The diffusers of two 180-mm LF-drivers are made of aluminum alloy and there is a...
Canton Chrono SL 520 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton Chrono SL 520

Made in Germany - this inscription on the back side already talks about various things. The development and production of Canton loudspeakers are carried out in Germany with pedantic quality control at every stage of the assembly. Chrono series is made in traditional rectangular cases, lacquered in black...
Canton Chrono SL 530 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton Chrono SL 530

Canton Chrono SL 530 shelf speakers stand out by a strict lacquered body with a minimum of frills - everything is strictly and in German clearly. The company has traditionally used drivers with metal membranes - in a 180-mm woofer it is made of aluminum alloy, and the inch dome of the tweeter is made...
Canton Chrono SL 555.2 Center Speaker review
Center Speaker Canton Chrono SL 555.2

Canton Chrono SL 555.2 is assembled on the branded drivers, developed for this series. The diffusers of 6-inches woofers are made of aluminum alloy, driven by powerful magnets. The tweeter's dome is made of aluminum and magnesium alloy, which allowed to minimize mass and at the same time to increase...
Canton Chrono SL 590.2 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton Chrono SL 590.2

Three-way model Canton Chrono SL 590.2 is one of the two older floor speaker systems in the series. The systems have bass-reflex acoustic design and the air port is at the bottom, between the body's base and a massive supporting plate. Bass range is laid upon two drivers of the branded construction....
Canton DM 9 Soundbar review
Soundbar Canton DM 9

Canton DM 9 can hardly be considered as a simple soundbar - this is an active loudspeaker, which is positioned by the manufacturer as a 2.1-channel system with virtual surround sound. It's hard to disagree with this, because the construction is at least nontrivial. There is an impressive set of drivers...
Canton Ergo 202 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton Ergo 202

Against the competitors Canton Ergo 202 stand out by manufacturing quality. Cases with rounded corners are made of wood. Protective grill is metal, the front panel is covered with black velvet. Monitors look as impressive and respectable as the much more expensive systems in the Ergo series. A tweeter...
Canton Ergo 602 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton Ergo 602

Build quality of Canton Ergo 602 speaker systems is brilliant. Bass-reflex body (the port is in the back), finished with wood, differs by the rounded faceplate with velvet surface. Dustproof grill is metallic. On the back panel there is a pair of gilt isolated terminals. The scheme is two-way, with crossover...
Canton Ergo 605 CM Centre Speaker review
Centre Speaker Canton Ergo 605 CM

605 CM body is designed in a classical form, only slightly sharp corners smoothed designers, but no special advantages it gives. But the speaker immediately stands out among his fellow high-quality veneer finish light. Behind metal bars (which is hard enough to remove) hidden front panel, covered with...
Canton Ergo 620 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton Ergo 620

By the standards of German developers, Canton Ergo 620 refers to shelf speaker systems for small rooms. However, monitors are quite large and heavy - each weighs over 7 kg (15.4 lb). Here is a two-way scheme with the bass-reflex's port on the back wall. The branded head with 180-mm (7") diffuser made...
Canton Ergo 670 DC Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton Ergo 670 DC

Canton Ergo 670 DC - 2,5-way speaker systems are based on the famous D'Appolito principle with a symmetrical arrangement of drivers. This decision helps to bring the character of radiation close to the pointed sound source, what, in turn, guarantees maximally correct construction of space. The diffusers...
Canton Ergo 695 DC Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton Ergo 695 DC

These three-way giants with the height of more than a meter and impressive mass are made in classical style - with traditional proportions and gracefully smoothed edges of the body, richly finished with natural veneer. In recent years all the models of Ego line have own-produced drivers with lightweight...
Canton Ergo 700 DC Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton Ergo 700 DC

A shiny layer of synthetic lacquer on the panels of Ergo 700 DC is similar to the one on expensive cars. Loudspeaker is classical Canton. We see the familiar graded junctions of the body, black velvet on the faceplate and, surely, metallic protective and decorative grills. The bodies are filled with...
Canton Ergo 702 DC Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton Ergo 702 DC

702 DC is the next novelty in the modified Ergo lineup. Appearance is a classic Canton style: notable rounded edges, velvet facade, unchanged metal grill... Drivers are organized in an unbalanced d'Appolito scheme: the upper driver works both on bass and mid frequencies, the lower driver sounds only...
Canton Ergo 72 DC Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton Ergo 72 DC

Harmonious, calm, noble appearance of the German Ergo 72 DC with a black velvet cover of the front panel, successfully shading the silver sheen of the dome of the high-frequency head, immediately disposes, inspires confidence. Metal decorative grilles here perform a very important function of protecting...
Canton Ergo 81 DC Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton Ergo 81 DC

The Canton Ergo 81 DC is a German three-way bass-reflex loudspeaker system. There are three drivers on each speaker: a tweeter with a rigid inch dome and two 160 mm drivers with polypropylene conical cones. One of them, placed above the tweeter, operates in the range from 300 Hz to 3.5 kHz, the second,...
Canton Ergo 92 DC Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton Ergo 92 DC

Black velvet on the faceplate, sturdy metallic grills, and titanium membrane of the tweeter - all of these will undoubtedly call up one reaction of any educated audio lover - this is Canton. Keeping the corporate tradition, Ergo 92 entertains by confident and powerful bass. Sometimes there was a feeling...
Canton Ergo AS 650 SC Subwoofer review
Subwoofer Canton Ergo AS 650 SC

Ergo line of German company Canton made for quite some time and was largely determined by the quality standards for its price range. The latest incarnation of this popular series includes a full range of speakers to build any sound system - from stereo to multi-channel. We now see whether it supports...
Canton Ergo CM 400 DC Centre Speaker review
Centre Speaker Canton Ergo CM 400 DC

Rounded edges, black velvet front panel, metal protective decorative grilles - German Canton in his repertoire. Switching unit is located on the edge of the rear panel. At the entrance - filter riding dynamics from harmful for them too deep bass. All membranes are made from a metal composite. Measurement...
Canton Ergo RC-K Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton Ergo RC-K

Black velvet strewn faceplate Ergo RC-K, veneer lined the rest of the surface. Through perforations black metal protective grille shine titanium dome tweeter and corporate black polymer cone woofer - reliably solid. The way for greater reliability (not without acoustic sense, apparently) diaphragm high...
Canton Ergo SC-S Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton Ergo SC-S

A floor three-way acoustics of the bass-reflex type - Canton Ergo SC-S - looks great due to the use of oak veneer and details of natural wood in the finish. The case is made with care, which is called German. In this case we mean not the decor but the construction itself, which has high rigidity, perfect...
Canton Ergo Sub 650 Subwoofer review
Subwoofer Canton Ergo Sub 650

The branded driver (310-mm in diameter) of the Canton Ergo Sub 650 subwoofer is equipped with a light and durable aluminum alloy diffuser. The sub works in a bass-reflex design, with the socket of the air port brought to the floor (which improves the return in the lower part of the working band). Built-in...
Canton Fonum 301 DC Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton Fonum 301 DC

Canton Fonum 301 DC is a two-way bass-reflex speaker. Its overall dimensions are 235x360x220 mm. A removable metal decorative grille, which gives additional solidity to the appearance, hides the bass-reflex port and two speakers: a woofer with a diameter of 20 cm and a tweeter with a dome diameter of...
Canton Fonum 330 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton Fonum 330

The bass reflex port in the Fonum 330 speaker system is traditionally located on the front panel for the company's products. The diameter of the woofer is 180 mm, the diameter of the dome tweeter is 25 mm. Rated electric power - 60 W, musical power can reach 100 W. According to the description, the sensitivity...
Canton Fonum 401 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton Fonum 401

Canton Fonum 401 is two-way speaker system; bass reflex port is placed on the faceplate. Mid-,low-frequency head with the diameter of the conical diffuser 220 mm, soft dome tweeter of 25 mm look promising. Rated power is 70 W, allowable peak - 110 W. Not big and not small (265x420x250 mm) speaker system...
Canton Fonum 601 DC Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton Fonum 601 DC

Canton Fonum 601 DC is a bass-reflex three-way speaker system; the bass-reflex port is on the front panel. The speaker systems are high and slim (900x240x270 mm), well-made, of big weight. Metallic decorative grills are quite practical, give the importance and look quite appropriately. The reflectors...
Canton Fonum 630 DC Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton Fonum 630 DC

Canton Fonum 630 DC is a three-way speaker system of the bass-reflex type, the port of bass reflex is placed on the faceplate. Medium and lower sub-bands are controlled by two speakers with the diameter of 200 mm each. The profiles of their conical paper diffusers are optimized with a help of a special...
Canton GLE 401 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton GLE 401

The German GLE 401 loudspeakers have very large 160-mm mid-woofers, designed for a long stroke (aluminum diffusers, rubber suspension), and tweeters with a classic soft fabric dome with a diameter of 25 mm. The bands are divided by a filter configured at 3200 Hz. But the idea mostly surprises with its...
Canton GLE 407 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton GLE 407

The loudspeakers of the GLE series are a further evolution of the LE series. A wide choice of finishes (five options) is provided for GLE and the main difference is in the bass drivers. German engineers, taking the drivers from older Canton models (Vento, Ergo, Karat) as a basis, changed the design of...
Canton GLE 430 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton GLE 430

The respected German manufacturer of speaker systems introduced a budget GLE line in the market several years ago. Despite of the budget price, the work on the series was very serious, with the involvement of modern developments. A lot of attention was paid to appearance too. On one hand, a firm metallic...
Canton GLE 430.2 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton GLE 430.2

Canton GLE 430.2 has a two-way design with a rear port layout and is assembled on drivers of its own manufacture. The diffuser of the 180-mm woofer is made of aluminum alloy, and the inch tweeter has a fabric dome impregnated with anti-resonance composition. To reduce vibration, drivers are mounted on...
Canton GLE 436 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton GLE 436

Canton GLE 436 is a classical two-way monitor with bass-reflex, the port of which is put on the back wall. Each weighty case has a pair of original emitters of own design. High-frequency area of working band is sounded by an inch tweeter with soft fabric dome, placed into small horn. Despite of budget...
Canton GLE 470 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton GLE 470

Canton designers issued a challenge to the classical black design of speaker systems. The whole GLE series shines by snow-white front panel and the same protective grill, made of metal. 7 variants of finish are available for the rest of the body's walls. Such design looks at least unusual. The body rests...
Canton GLE 476 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton GLE 476

Canton GLE 476 is 2.5-way speaker system with the bass reflex. Two 180-mm drivers with diffusers from aluminum alloy, made by own technology, sound bass area and lower middle. They are mounted on flexible sinusoidal rubber suspension (Wave Surround technology), with the help of which a significant shift...
Canton GLE 496 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton GLE 496

The German pair refers to the generation of budget GLE line and is its flagship. Canton GLE 496 is completely redesigned, only a three-way construction was saved. An internal damping of the body is reinforced for reducing resonances, the configuration of bass-reflex has been changed, and crossover filter...
Canton GLE 496.2 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton GLE 496.2

Buyers often judge the novelty of the model only by its design, without going into the content. Nevertheless, Canton engineers preferred something not visible to the eye instead of a cosmetic update of the GLE series - technical modernization. Proportions, front shield, finish - everything is preserved...
Canton Karat 300 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton Karat 300

The Canton Karat 300 is a three-way bookshelf system whose 10-inch long-throw woofer crosses over to a 1-1/2-inch dome midrange driver at 800 Hz. At 4,000 Hz there is a second crossover, to a 1-inch dome tweeter. The sealed wooden cabinet is available in walnut, black, or white, and the removable perforated-metal...
Canton Karat 790.2 DC Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton Karat 790.2 DC

Canton Karat 790.2 DC speaker systems differ not only by considerable weight, but also impressive construction. The bodies have increased depth and LF-head with a 10-inch diffuser is installed on the side edge. It is pressed from the cellulose and reinforced with the fibers of graphite to increase rigidity....
Canton Karat CM 7 DC Centre Speaker review
Centre Speaker Canton Karat CM 7 DC

CM 7 DC - one of the centers of the two top-end series Karat. There are four variants of exterior finishes, three of which - a natural wood veneer (ash, cherry, beech). At our disposal was a copy, silver-coated gloss varnish - in tone aluminum-manganese woofer/midrange drivers. At the entrance - a nonpolar...
Canton Karat M30DC Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton Karat M30DC

Canton Karat M30DC - three-way speaker system. Finished in natural wood veneer and not small, on a shelving standards, the speakers on the mass and stiffness resembles a stack of bricks. Indoor removable decorative grille ten inches woofer, of course, on the side (at the right and left speakers woofer...
Canton LE 102 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton LE 102

LE series contains five classic speaker systems, six subwoofers, central channel, "box" theatrical sets, built-in speaker systems. LE 102 looks like a typical Canton product: a metallic protective and decorative grill, familiar body proportions, typical heads, terminals. Bass, middle and the tops -...
Canton LE 107 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton LE 107

LE 107 is a floor standing loudspeaker, made in traditional for the German company manner, as evidenced by the proportions of the body, characteristic rounded edges and, surely, unchanged metallic grills. Two drivers with polypropylene diffusers and flat dustproof inserts instead of caps work in the...
Canton LE 190 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton LE 190

The German company Canton has been more than 30 years on the market of Hi-Fi speaker systems and has approved itself among audiophiles long ago. Line is designed to bring not only high-class sound to your house, but also a stylish look (four variants of finish are available). The whole series consists...
Canton Movie CD 1 5.1 system review
5.1 system Canton Movie CD 1

Housing miniature center CD20 and CD10 satellites are made of anodized aluminum, plastic end caps. Enclosed metal grilles dynamics in CD10 and CD20 are the same, but unlike satellites at the center - surrounded the pair Tweeter 80mm woofers; 16mm diaphragm tweeter and woofer driver - aluminum. From "rough"...
Canton Movie CD 2.22 5.1 system review
5.1 system Canton Movie CD 2.22

Set with tall front of assembled models series CD. Despite meters high, can hardly be called "weave" floor speakers in the traditional sense of the word ... Rear speakers and center generally fit in "diplomacy". However, the "packed" into the aluminum body is massive enough speakers. Private non-removable...
Canton Nestor 603 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton Nestor 603

Canton is one of the companies, which products you recognize from the first glance. A high, wide three-way loudspeaker Nestor 603 is not the exception: familiar body's proportions, a recognizable location of heads, the metal of decorative grilles... On the plastic faceplate there are two luxurious woofers,...
Canton Plus D Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton Plus D

The Canton Plus D is a 2-way bass reflex speaker system with a bass reflex output on the front panel. The cone diameter of the woofer is 160 mm, the dome of the tweeter has a diameter of 25 mm, dimensions are 180x275x180 mm. The design and appearance of the speakers allow for a variety of options for...
Canton Plus S Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton Plus S

Plus S introduces a new range of mini-speakers from well-established Hamburg company (Canton Electronics). Drinking against Plus prefix "mini" is appropriate even against babies who do not suffer unnecessary dimensions. This fact raises questions such as: "Can we seriously compare systems such different...
Canton Pro XL.3 Outdoor speakers review
Outdoor speakers Canton Pro XL.3

Here are the universal speaker systems which can work indoors and outdoors. The design of Pro XL.3 is two-way and has the closed body. The body is made of rubberized plastic and has all necessary protective degrees against moisture and other external influences. 5-inch bass head is made of light aluminum...
Canton Reference 9.2 DC Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton Reference 9.2 DC

Loudspeakers are funny things; their design says as much about the designer as it does about anything else. Having tested a loudspeaker I either do, but too often do not, want to meet the designer; he's either a man after my own heart, or a bounder! The person that designed this loudspeaker (or perhaps...
Canton SP 706 Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton SP 706

Three self-engineered heads, combined into 2,5-way construction, are used per each floor Canton SP 706 speaker system. Midbass diffusers are made of aluminum alloy and the tweeter's dome - of an impregnated fabric. Slim bodies are equipped with rear bass-reflex ports of special profile. Side walls are...
Canton Sub 10 Subwoofer review
Subwoofer Canton Sub 10

A perfectly manufactured subwoofer is made in strict style typical for almost all the company's products. A 260-mm driver with pressurized diffuser made of aluminum alloy is hidden behind the removable metallic grill, which closes a significant part of the front panel. It has a specially designed profile...
Canton Sub 12 Subwoofer review
Subwoofer Canton Sub 12

In the model's name the manufacturer gives to understand that the subwoofer is equipped with 12-inch head. And in fact, an active driver with aluminum diffuser with the diameter of 310 mm carries the most of load. A passive membrane of the same caliber helps it and such design has all the advantages...
Canton Vento 807 DC Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton Vento 807 DC

We have a younger floor model from the top Vento series of the Canton company. Side walls of the body are retroverted. On the front wall there are two MF/LF-drivers, tweeter between them and just below the bass-reflex port. The designers attempted to remove maximum of details from the front panel. Even...
Canton Vento 820 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton Vento 820

The branded heads with metallic diffusers are installed in the bodies with rounded side faces. Aluminum woofer has a large caliber - 180 mm (7"), due to that the stated lower playback border dropped to 20 Hz. an inch dome of the tweeter, protected by fine mesh, is made of the lightest aluminum-magnesium...
Canton Vento 830.2 Bookshelf speakers review
Bookshelf speakers Canton Vento 830.2

Vento models in the hierarchy of Canton are just a step below the top Reference models, being as good as the latest by seriousness of technical solutions. Shelf Vento 830.2 are made by the highest standards of the brand, and you can judge about their solidity by the mass - weight is about 9 kg. To obtain...
Canton Vento 890 DC Floor standing speakers review
Floor standing speakers Canton Vento 890 DC

In front of me are floorstanding speakers of a classic three-way design, where two woofers work at once on the bass. The traditional Canton tweeter with an aluminum-manganese alloy dome is loaded onto a small horn and covered with a neat metal mesh. At the top of the Vento 890 DC is an 18 cm midrange...