Video killed the two trees Karat review!
I was planning to make a video of my new set up with treatments and the new speaks. An old client works for Canon got me a new Canon DVDCam....well, getting dvd files up on the internet is a royal pain in the butt, so I sold it on Ebay and bought a regular tape digi camcorder. Which eats tapes! Seller wouldn't refund, I left him neg feedback, cam is at Canon for est. on repairs! Sheesh. So, I just made a little vid with my digital camera of the current rig with the new Canton Karat L800DC's and my homemade roomtreatments which I didn't mention in the video but they are visible in the background.
The Canton's are the finest speakers I have ever owned. Certainly the closest I have had to "Hi-Fi". They went up two notches on all fronts from the Mordaunt Short 500 series I had previously. Imaging, soundstage, clarity, oomph with detail, and the ability to point out bad recodings. The fit and finish is perfect. The binding posts are rock solid. I found the biamp really helped the low end........much more so than the powered speakers I had previously where the biamping was going to the midrange and tweeter......here I have 350w into 4ohms going directly to the 12 inch woofer and it sounds wonderful. My thoughts are mostly on music......I haven't watched any reference movies with them in place.....just regular movies with dialog not thunderous stuff, (Kong, Captain/Commander). Female vocals, which are my weakspot, are perfectly clear and present in the room.
Thanks for caring, Seth! Accessories 4 Less has a pair or two left at $2k delivered I felt I got amazing value.......I think they are like a 2005 model. On a delivery note, a neighbor signed for them and when I got home saw one box had the bottom blown out and clear packing tape holding it together! Luckily, the speaker was undamaged, but if I ordered another pair I would pay to have them double boxed. These speakers weigh 94 pounds. The silver lacquer is hot hot hot and looks great in my rig! Love me, love my Karats!
