C20

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.

“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 C20’s superb quality components, including Mundorf inductors and resistors, and ClarityCap capacitors, are tailored specifically for Kudos to stringent tolerances.

FIXED BOUNDARY BASS-REFLEX LOADING

Since bass plays such a powerful role in how we hear music, our floor standing Cardeas pay particular attention to delivering superior sound at the all-important lower end. The C20’s fixed boundary bass-reflex loading is key to a more agile, nuanced, textured and detailed bass reproduction while minimising room interactions.

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.

4 reviews for Kudos C20 floor standing loudspeakers

• “One of my more enjoyable reviewing experiences last year was listening to the Kudos Titan 505 stand-mount loudspeakers, the smallest of the company’s flagship range. However, they are not inexpensive and face very stiff competition at their price point. I was therefore more than a little intrigued when offered the chance to play host to the more affordable Cardea C20, which is a floor-standing model.”

  Review The Ear                                                                                                                                                         

• “As you can tell I really loved these speakers and if I didn’t already have my Jerns I would happily have a pair in natural oak or walnut. They are easy to drive and as such they will be compatible with many amplifiers. They have an excellent build and as such represent a stylish compact floor stander that many homes would welcome.”

  Review HiFi Pig                                                                                                    

• “In fact, there’s only one real drawback here. These are speakers far too prone to tempting the user to listen again, only just a bit louder – at which point they’ll reveal even more!”                                                                           

• “Unleash the third symphony through the C20s, and I defy you not to be thrilled with the crisp detail of the orchestra and the great crashing weight of the organ from which
  the work takes its soubriquet.”

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