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Cardersound Speakers
Why CarderSound?
A little about the company
CarderSound, founded by Jeff Carder in 2007, is perhaps remarkable for
the things it does not offer.
It does not offer loudspeakers using the high-technology cone material
flavor of the month. It does not offer a myriad of different model
ranges. It does not offer a fashionable, hyper-compact hideaway Home
Theatre package that could fit into a moderately sized handbag. It does
not offer loudspeakers featuring ‘new, exclusive, and radical
technology.’
CarderSound does, and never will, do any of these things. What then is
left for CarderSound to offer to the music lover?
Dedication.
CarderSound love music. Music matters. In our age of increasing
stresses, the importance of the musical expression is as great as it
ever has been, if not more so. It is our love and passion for the art
that drives us, and inspired our loudspeakers.
Craftsmanship.
Not a crumb of MDF, particleboard or plastic are found in CarderSound
cabinets, which are crafted on the Eastern Seaboard of the United
States, entirely from natural solid woods and maple wood-plys, from
environmentally sustainable sources. These materials were carefully
selected for providing exactly the right combinations of stiffness and
density required by our cabinets. All panels are CNC machined to
exacting tolerances before being hand assembled, using time-honored
techniques of precisian-joinery, and finished by artisans with three
coats of natural clear lacquer. Construction and finish are to the
standard of fine furniture.
Design.
CarderSound loudspeaker systems are designed in the United Kingdom,
using traditional principles established by some of the greatest names
in audio –Keele, Leach, Olson, Rayleigh, Voigt, and Webster, in
conjunction with the latest in computer modeling software. This
combination has allowed us to refine and tailor our speaker systems to
meet their respective goals with a startling degree of precision.
Why full-range drivers? Simplicity, and elegance. No crossover, with all
their attendant problems, in the all important midrange. Rapid response
to musical transients due to the very powerful motor & low inductance of
the drivers we employ. Highly precise imaging and ‘see-though’ clarity
are the traits a listener will notice first. The pair-matched drivers
used in CarderSound loudspeaker systems are the highly developed
Planet10 range of custom 4 1/2in, 6 1/2in and 8in units from Canada,
featuring hand-painted EnABL surface-wave diffraction blocks. Read about
the process
Here
Picture of EnABL Version Driver
Why horns? Efficiency. A horn allows a far better impedance match of
driver diaphragm to the air than any other form of loudspeaker
enclosure. All CarderSound enclosures employ conical expansion. The
simplest of all horn profiles, a cone expands in a linear fashion (thus
possessing no flare rate), and distortion is intrinsically low. A very
clean sound, devoid of the hollow colorations that plague many other
designs, is the result.
Why the over-under mouth configuration employed by many of our speakers?
A larger mouth area, and sense of height, depth and scale to the
soundstage beyond that of a single-mouth design of equivalent footprint.
The folding scheme and internal layout of all CarderSound cabinets are
specifically designed to assist in filtering off unwanted midrange
frequencies in the horn, thus improving imaging. It also maximizes the
use of the cabinet volume: CarderSound Horns have no voids anywhere in
their design, this efficient use of space bringing obvious sonic and
environmental benefits.
Binding posts are Cardas, rhodium plated solid copper, mass-loaded by
dedicated aluminum mounting plates.
Internal wire is propriety L.A.T. International ‘Silverfuse.’ We have
found this wire to extract every last bit of detail while at the same
time providing a very smooth presentation that is soft on the ears. We
have found it to be an ideal match for our speakers. From the LAT
International Web Site:
Silverfuse is a near alloy of silver and copper…our [Silverfuse] process
starts with six nines OFHC copper wire with a diameter that is slightly
larger than the required size. It is then pulled through a trough of
molten silver. The wire with a silver deposit, is then forced through a
compacting die where it is subject to tremendous pressure. The silver
and the high purity copper are fused together into a near alloy. The
compacting fusion also reduces the wire diameter to the desired size...
The result provides for the benefits of silver; which are excellent
definition and clarity, with the high purity copper benefits of warmth
and mellowness.
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Cardersound Nina: Demo Pair Available for sale. Same finish as picture below. Standard Finish: $2895 Splendid Single Mouth Full Range Back Loaded Horn Speaker 4.5" Full Range Driver
Madison next to the Nina |
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Cardersound Morgan: Standard Finish: $1795 Uniquely Designed Tower Sub Woofer
Dual 7" Carbon Fiber Drivers with Coppr
Phase Plugs
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Cardersound Kyler Center Channel: Standard Finish: $895
Medium sized twin-mouth waveguide horn Home Theater center channel 4.5" Full Range Driver
(shielded)
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Cardersound Jade Surrounds: Standard Finish: $1795
4.5" Full Range Driver (shielded)
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Cardersound TyBone V2: Standard Finish: $4595 Petite Double Mouth Full Range Back Loaded Horn Speaker
4.5" Full Range Driver
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Cardersound Lissa V2: Standard Finish: $5595 Intermediate Double Mouth Full Range Back Loaded Horn Speaker
6.5" Full Range Driver
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Cardersound Madison V2: Standard Finish: $6595 Flagship Double Mouth Full Range Back Loaded Horn Speaker
8" Full Range Driver
Madison in Natural Maple
Madison next to the Nina |
