Designed
without compromise to be the clearest, most coherent and musically
engaging loudspeaker we have ever created, the Titan T88 is the
flagship of the Kudos range. The Titan T88 is the embodiment of all
of the Kudos design ideals combined into one package to produce the
ultimate musical performance. Over twenty years of our own loudspeaker
design experience is incorporated into this product along with the
finest quality components – regardless of cost.
The complex cabinets are made from high density MDF
varying in thickness from 25mm to 50mm. Internal bracing and specific
damping is used to optimise cabinet resonance and a tri-laminate front
baffle houses the drive units. The upper cabinet, which contains the
tweeter and midrange / bass unit, is port loaded into an optimal
boundary gap created by precision machined spacers that separate the
upper and lower cabinets.
The lower cabinet houses the two bass drivers in an
isobaric arrangement placed back to back with the rear driver out of
phase. Exhaustive testing has proven this arrangement to virtually
eliminate non linear 3rd order harmonics and produce a significantly
improved bass response over other isobaric designs. This bass section
also ports into the optimal boundary gap: having the ports from both
sections close together and operating in a shared and controlled space
minimises phase discrepancies to produce a harmonious port response.
The lower cabinet is securely attached to the
tri-laminate plinth via spacers to control cabinet to plinth energy
transfer. The plinth itself provides the best possible grounding
interface with very high density MDF being combined with a damping
compound and a 5mm steel plate, into which precision milled spikes are
fitted, manufactured for Kudos by Track Audio.
The drive units are some of the best in the world and
are produced for us by SEAS in Norway – a company with almost 60 years
of expertise in this field. The tweeter is developed exclusively for
Kudos from the famous Crescendo unit. The main midrange / bass driver
and the twin bass drivers are specific to the Titan T88 and combine
with the tweeter to produce seamless integration and response over the
frequency range.
The best way to ensure the listener can connect with the
musical message is to keep the crossover design as simple as possible.
This can only be achieved with excellent drive unit integration thus
allowing the crossover design to be of a minimal, low order construction
to reduce “ringing” and other unwanted artefacts. The crossover
components are from Clarity Caps and Mundorf and are hand matched to
ensure tolerances are reduced to nominal levels.
The crossover itself is a low order, two and a half way
design where the bass section in the lower cabinet is rolled off early
in the frequency range, the mid/bass driver and tweeter are then
operated as a two way design. A slow roll off of all the drivers
ensures optimal coherence though the crossover regions.
Chord Company internal wiring has been carefully chosen
for its high quality, musicality and resistance to the effects of
vibration. Chord Company cables also link the two cabinets, which are
fitted with Furutech pure copper Torque Guard binding posts to ensure a
superb connection.
The Titan T88 redefines what Kudos can achieve with the
hi-fi attributes of musical reproduction and combines these with an
innate understanding of the music itself. The ability of the
loudspeaker to allow you to enjoy your music collection is the
attribute we value above all others and with the Titan T88 we have
reached our ultimate expression of this to date.
| Type: |
2.5 way Isobaric Bass Reflex |
| Recommended Amplifier Power: |
25W – 300W |
| Sensitivity: |
91dB / @1W / 1m |
| Nominal Impedance: |
8 ohms |
| Frequency range: |
20 Hz – 30kHz “AIRR” (Average In Room Response) |
| Tweeter: |
SEAS – Kudos Crescendo K2 29mm fabric dome |
| Mid bass driver: |
SEAS – Kudos 220mm Nextel coated paper cone with 39mm voice coil |
| Bass driver: |
SEAS – Kudos 220mm double coated hard paper cone with 39mm voice coil (x 2) |
| Dimensions: |
1115mm x 275mm x 370mm (hwd) |
| Weight: |
66kg |
| Finishes: |
Tineo veneer (High Gloss paint finishes available to special order) |
