LAB REPORT: KUDOS CARDEA SUPER 10 (£3495)

摘要

Kudos claims 87dB sensitivity for the Super 10, which accords very well with our measured pink noise figure of 87.2dB. This may be a little below average today, but bear in mind the Super 10's compact dimensions and note that it is a genuinely 8ohm speaker, not a 4ohm in disguise. A minimum modulus of 7ohm and a minimum EPDR (equivalent peak dissipation resistance) of 4.4ohm at 130Hz - a testament to lower than average impedance phase angles - together confirm that this is an unusually easy speaker to drive. That said, the wide disparity between the three sensitivity figures quoted in the test table indicates a frequency response trend that is anything but flat, which the on-axis response error figures, 200Hz to 20kHz, of ±5.8dB and ±5.5dB confirm. The response [see Graph 1, below] shows a notch in output at about 3kHz followed by an excess of treble, suggesting that the Super 10 might give a more neutral tonal balance when listened to a little off-axis.