Tag archive: Canton

Speaker materials have come a long way from the days of paper cones and rubber surrounds. Nowadays, you’re as likely to find to polyester film, aluminum titanium and even beryllium used to construct high-end speakers. But the audiophile world hasn’t stopped innovating yet. Canton’s latest loudspeakers feature tweeters built from aluminum oxide ceramic – a material second only to diamond in terms of hardness. Why use ultra-tough materials for… Read More

The family that plays together stays together, but as every parent knows, you can’t always be around when the kids want to enjoy a quick game of Madden or Super Smash Bros. In addition, there are also games (*cough* Gears of War 2 *cough*) that you might not want your tots to play alone, if at all. Luckily, the manufacturers of popular consoles such as the PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 have created built-in parental controls that… Read More

Audio gear maker Canton has begun shipping its new Chrono series high-performance speakers aimed at bringing high-performance audio to home theaters and home audio fans without the pocketbook-gouging prices sometimes associated with quality speaker rigs. Based on technology developed for the company's Ergo line, the Chrono series offers two floorstanding units, a compact two-way unit, 2.5-way center channel unit, and a 150 Watt… Read More

Germany's Canton Electronics has introducedits new GLE series of speakers for home audio and home theater use, incorporating a number of features from the company's higher-end offerings in a lineup with a more consumer-friendly price tag. “The GLE series is a remarkable lineup,” said Paul Madsen, President of Canton USA. “Through the careful application of the most effective new technologies developed for the… Read More

The Canton CD 300 series combines technology derived from the company's high-end Karat line of loudspeakers with the sleek, brushed aluminum lifestyle design of its popular CD 100 series. The current line consists of the CD 300 floor-standing tower speaker and the CD 360F, which includes the same driver configuration adapted for vertical or horizontal wall mounting. With their slender brushed-aluminum enclosures and silvery grills,… Read More

The three-way loudspeaker partakes of the same advanced circuitry, design features, and driver engineering as its larger sibling, the Reference 2 DC, but in a compact enclosure suitable for more modestly sized rooms. The Karat Reference 6 DC is a no-holds-barred full-range loudspeaker that is the result of over 30 years of Canton's experience with loudspeaker and driver design. It's heavily braced enclosure is constructed of… Read More

Canton has introduced eight new loudspeakers in its premium Ergo line, including a new powered subwoofer and seven full-range models featuring new crossover technology for a remarkable refinement in the line's already formidable midrange and high frequency reproduction. New models include a trio of three-way floorstanders, two bookshelf speakers, two 2-1/2-way center channel speakers, and a 200-Watt powered subwoofer, and all are… Read More

Designed and manufactured by Canton from the ground up, the models each feature the same driver components and acoustic signature to deliver a clear and seamless soundstage for multi-channel movies and music. The LE 207 is a three-way tower speaker that employs a 1-inch fabric tweeter, and two identical five-inch polypropylene drivers, one handling bass and the other midrange duties. The speaker boasts a frequency response of 40 Hz

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Building on the success of the company's recently introduced Movie CD 1 home theater speaker system, the new models feature the same striking silver aluminum styling and advanced driver and crossoverdesign to deliver stereo and home theater audio reproduction that perfectly balances form and function. Unlike many mini-satellite speakers, the Canton CD-10 employs engineering and design advances in driver, circuitry, and cabinet design to… Read More

The package consists of four identical aluminum microspeakers, a matched horizontal center-channel, and small but powerful subwoofer. Unlike many subwoofer-satellite mini-systems, the Movie CD-1 models are far more than just smaller speakers. Canton engineering and design advances in driver, circuitry, and cabinet design give the CD-1 satellites a frequency response of 80 Hz to 25 kHz from a speaker that measures just over 5-inches tall, and… Read More