Naughty to go off on a tangent I know but I’m intrigued by the diversion in to discussion of Kans, and the abilities or otherwise of small bass drivers.
I owned for my second system early and medium period Kans back in my Linn/Naim phase and I could never really listen to them for long without getting frustrated at the lack of bass and the fierce top end, and they really didn’t have any bass to speak off which on many pieces of music is a serious issue.
The reason I mention this as that my main system currently terminates in Shahinian Larcs. These are about the same size as Kans and the bass driver actually looks smaller, but the bass goes remarkably deep , far deeper than the Kans ever did . As I live in an old flat with thin walls, I can no longer have deep rumbly bass but these provide a good thump on a bass drum, and a bass guitar sounds like a bass guitar, which Kans never did. Is this about improved driver technology or clever cabinet construction? I have no idea but it works
I owned for my second system early and medium period Kans back in my Linn/Naim phase and I could never really listen to them for long without getting frustrated at the lack of bass and the fierce top end, and they really didn’t have any bass to speak off which on many pieces of music is a serious issue.
The reason I mention this as that my main system currently terminates in Shahinian Larcs. These are about the same size as Kans and the bass driver actually looks smaller, but the bass goes remarkably deep , far deeper than the Kans ever did . As I live in an old flat with thin walls, I can no longer have deep rumbly bass but these provide a good thump on a bass drum, and a bass guitar sounds like a bass guitar, which Kans never did. Is this about improved driver technology or clever cabinet construction? I have no idea but it works