The German gold-listed Canton case is a perfect bookshelf box, dynamic and charming
The 24th SIAV exhibition in Shanghai has come to a successful conclusion. Even so, many things are still vivid in our minds. This exhibition is the first major event of the Audio Federation in 2016. We are reloading with the German Canton (Gold List) and exhibiting most of Canton's products. What I want to introduce today is the bookshelf box 9K in the Reference series - the flagship bookshelf box!
First listening experience
The performance of this pair of bookshelf boxes can be said to surprise me. Although I have not heard many boxes, this pair of Reference-9K bookshelf boxes is definitely of good quality and A good quality box with great music reproduction capabilities! Let’s talk about the matching equipment first. The CD player is a CD-3se from Vegen in Canada, the amplifier is also a combined amplifier EX-100se from Vegen in Canada, and this pair of bookshelf boxes. If you appreciate it during the exhibition in Shanghai, you will definitely become a fan among passers-by. First of all, the venue is in an open exhibition hall with a width of 7 meters and a length of 12.8 meters. There is a horizontal board in the middle of the exhibition hall with a height of 1.6 meters and a width of 3 meters. Such a large space is very demanding for a bookshelf box! And driving it is a 100W per channel combining machine.
Audition music
The first song played is "Onitaikoza·Speed". Fans who have listened to it should know how difficult this song is. The whole system reproduces the recording effect very finely. Under the large dynamic fluctuations, the combination of Canton and Vegen can accurately restore the high-production clips without any difficulty, whether it is the sound of hitting the drum head or the rebound hardness of the drum head. and intensity are clearly presented, making you feel that every tap is so real. In the section where the drumsticks are struck, the crisp, translucent, sonorous and powerful percussion hooks your ears tightly. The sound is sharp and solid, tough and shows appropriate luster and brightness. What's even more valuable is that this pair of bookshelf speakers has an incredible sound field. It's such a wide scene that you can clearly hear all the details even if you're standing at the end!
The second song played is He Xuntian's "Paramita". The sound of the bells struck at the beginning is ethereal and thorough, and the continuation and overtone effects after the bells are delicately expressed. You can feel the shaking and vibration of the big bell after being struck, and the echo effect is also very clear after the sound of the bell is carried far away. This section fully demonstrates the wide sound field of the cabinet.
What’s more important is that the wires do not use so-called fever wires, they are all ordinary wires, not expensive at all! Even so, the shocking performance in the first pronunciation is enough to prove the quality of the box itself!
Reference—9K
The Reference series is Canton’s flagship series, using patented production technology. The material and craftsmanship of the speaker cone alone is very complex. The 9K uses a 7-inch ceramic tungsten cone monomer with a unique double-fold ring corrugated suspension design. The innovative vibrating cone material has stronger rigidity and lighter characteristics, and the double-ring corrugated suspension design allows the vibrating cone to have a larger stroke during reciprocating movement, thereby obtaining ultra-low distortion playback sound effects, and It can withstand the performance of large dynamic music and is not prone to distortion. The treble uses a 1-inch ceramic tweeter, and the shallow concave horn diffusion plate on the treble panel gives this tweeter a good frequency extension. It is impossible to estimate the peak frequency of the highest treble, and it can also extend downwards to 40,000Hz. Reduce the burden on the mid-bass unit.
In terms of appearance, 9K does not take the usual route, using a trapezoid-like curved box. The compression-molded curved cabinet of a high-density, high-quality multi-layer laminate exceeding 50mm can provide stronger energy output for the speaker. Moreover, the arc-shaped cabinet can effectively minimize sound wave refraction, improve radiation efficiency, reduce standing waves in the cabinet and achieve extremely low harmonic distortion characteristics. The binding post is equipped with 4 terminals, which can meet various requirements of audiophiles.
Rich colors
General boxes are only available in black and white, but this flagship bookshelf box is equipped with a well-made cherry wood piano paint version, which is my only complaint. It's a common problem with piano paint that fingerprints will appear on it whenever you take a swipe. But it does not affect the high-end and elegant image of 9K at all.
Summary
The boat of friendship can capsize at any time. How to prevent it from capsizing? Take your friend with you and let him listen to the 9K bookshelf box, and wait until he falls into this deep trap. Then your friend ship will not be overturned.