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) |
