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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #194: Cessaro In Munich High End 2024 by Amir on 2024-08-09 
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I listened to Cessaro Speakers in MOC 2024 , day 1 I did not see Cessaro room because it was not in the main Hal, I visited Cessaro room in day 2 and 4.I guess the AC quality was bad in MOC 2024 , in day 1 most systems were not fully warm up and the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #192: Cessaro new Loudspeaker by Amir on 2019-05-19 
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Good news for audiophiles Cessaro new speaker is active and all Components like DAC DSP Pre and Power are in the new cessaro ported DSP loudspeaker.You just need a transport like cheap LG Samsung to play Ultra high end Sound ??https://www.cessaro.de/...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #202: Amplifier for Cessaro by Amir on 2024-08-11 
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Paul, I think selling Cessaro products in Iran is possible but selling Cessaro Omega I in Iran is not easy, If I buy Cessaro Omega I then it will be mine. Actually Audio is not my main business and I do this because no other distributor (in Iran) imp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: I don't know exactly. by xandcg on 2015-02-19 
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True, I don't know exactly what is that modification!I am not able to find where I saw they modify the drivers but here you can find some pictures of the Cessaro power supply at least and some generic citations:http://www.audioexotics.hk/index.php?op...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: price for cessaro horns by angeloitacare-idiot on 2006-12-05 
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romyjust a additional information. the prices for the cessaro horns are :Alpha I 33.320 EURBeta I 78.540 Gamma I 114.240 EURangelo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: the price cessaro is asking is obscene by angeloitacare-idiot on 2006-12-07 
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romyregarding the quality of the cessaro speaker  u may be right. regarding the price : the whole thing would be better, if the owner would  not be so ambitious, to get rich quick, and ask a decent price. the price he is asking is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Cessaro Horn Acoustics drivers? by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-10 
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I wonder if anyone recognizes the drivers of the Cessaro Horn Acoustics? I thought that I know all of them but looking at Cessaro’s compression driver I have no idea what it is and I feel that my ego severally hurts. The pictures on the Cessaro site ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Cessaro: Samarium vs. Neodymium by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-10 
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Well, it was not trick question; I thought initially that they were TADs. However, TAD uses Alnico7, Alnico 5 and Neodymium magnets not the cobalt magnet. The TADs drivers do not cost €4K but rather €1.5K.  I never heard TAD use Samarium-Cobalt ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: only the tweeter in cessaro is made with cobalt magnet by angeloitacare-idiot on 2006-12-10 
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the text at cessaro homepage says following :Auch das angewandte Magnetmaterial gehört zu dem Feinsten, was jemals im Lautsprecherbau verarbeitet wurde. Alnico-Magnete (finden heute aus Kostengründen kaum noch Anwendung) und im Superhochtonbereich ei...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Cessaro drivers by thierry on 2007-02-15 
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If you ask me the compression drivers is like the jbl 2420/2470 design only with an other back chamber. And the low freq driver really makes me think of an old alnico driver of jbl 2220A http://www.lansingheritage.org/images/jbl/specs/pro-comp/2420/p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Cessaro Horns by coops on 2007-03-07 
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Spent the weekend in Herne with Thomas Worschnick ( TW Acoustic )Thomas is a very nice guy and very generous with his time, his system is very fine, and the Cessaro speakers are marvellous, Thomas and Ralph are showing at the Munich High End show, wo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Cessaro horns visit by coops on 2007-03-08 
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Yes primarily i viseted Thomas to compare tonearms, he has a couple of Schroeders, the new graham Phantom ( mark III ) a vintage Ortofon amongst others. and he has a fine collection of cartridges, as I mentioned he is a very nice guy, The real surpri...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Cessaro Bass by coops on 2007-03-10 
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Sorry my post did sound like marketing speil, don't know much about the Cessaro bass horns, I believe they are a back loaded, 8 bass units with the Gamma four with the Beta, I will try and educate myself further and report back when I have heard the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Some guesses about modular construction of Cessaro line: by NBC on 2007-03-11 
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(Note: I've neither seen nor heard these speakers) Cessaro ALPHA: TAD TD-4001 2" driver on tractrix horn with 56cm bell (approximately 250Hz). TAD claims response from 600-20KHz. Given that the midbass is essentially a direct radiator (theref...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: The Cessaro Gamma's tone. by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-26 
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Very nice, Keith, thanks. The most interesting would be to access the “Absolute Tone” capacity of the Gamma. Frankly I feel that with TADs it should not be very too advanced as they are at BMS/TOA domain, only with a little TAD syntactic twist. Even ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Cessaro speakers and some other tidbits by morricab on 2007-06-25 
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Hi Romy, I recently heard the smallest Cessaro and while I felt that the bass was not adequate for long term satisfaction it was also not a total disaster.  From the midbass on up; however, the speaker is simply superb and one of the very best h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Vacuumstate, Cessaro and the "differential SET"... by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-27 
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Thanks, Brad, interesting feedback about the Cessaro. It hard to look at bass within the show’s hotel rooms but since Cessaro use “closed bottom” topology for their LF solution it always, at lest in my mind, will be a room for improvement in Cessaro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Cessaro begins to spread…. will US come next? by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-09 
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It looks like Cessaro horns begin to spread this distribution. According to the messages on their blog the Hong Kong shop got Cessaro Alpha. Well, I care less about the Alphas, they are similar to the Avantgarde’s Uno/Duo should be very problematic. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Cessaro best speaker in the world! by coops on 2007-07-10 
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Jim Hi, my name is Keith Cooper, I own a pair of Alpha's  had them here in London for about a month now, they are superb ! I heard some Trio's which initially stirred my interest in horn loudspeakers, I know Ralph is looking for a US distributor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: Cessaro the best commercial loudspeaker by coops on 2007-07-11 
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Romy Hi, Ralph installs every pair of speakers ,I know that it can take a week or more to install and optimise the larger systems. There are plans for amplifcation , he is  working closely with Mr Park of Allnic Audio. Mr Park has some...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: Cessaro Gamma and DSETs? by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-11 
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Well, what is interesting in the subject: if the Cessaro guy will ever go for the DSET configuration in his commercial products? I am not certain but it is possible that in DSET configuration it might be possible to overcome the accused shortcomings ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #60: 1st Order on the Cessaro. by Merlin on 2007-07-20 
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Keith, Interesting. Are you sure there are first order slopes on your speakers? Having played with those drivers I cannot see how it can be done. Or are you just talking of the electrical slope on the 4001?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #64: The Cessaro GAMMA's tweeter? by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-30 
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[quote user="malinowski"]TAD ET-703 LinkMAGNETIC CIRCUIT. A high-energy, rare-earth cobalt magnet is used in the magnetic circuit that, together with powerful soft iron for the pole yoke and plate, provides a high magnetic flux density of 20,000G.[/q...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: Cessaro look like they are all TADs with custom stickers. by malinowski on 2007-07-30 
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Hi Romy, I think so. They look the same from the photos and descriptions. I ran across that driver earlier today and remembered this thread with the questions about the Cessaro's.. seems to me they are just using run of the mill TADs... so those...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: Was the 703 used for Cessaro Gamma? by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-31 
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Coops, Merlin It looks you are familiar with 703 driver’s sound. Any thoughts that you find would be worth to share? I do not think that by listening this driver it would be possible to distinct the sound of Neodymium from sound of cobalt. Still, in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #83: Cessaro Gamma's by coops on 2007-08-01 
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Romy Hi, Ralph Krebs ( Cessaro's designer ) has been staying with me this week, we have enjoyed reading your site, Ralph thanks you for the interest in his speakers and says he will drop you a line when he returns  home, on a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #84: The Cessaro Gamma tweeter criticism + some solutions. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-01 
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Coops, I less care about the attacks on me, I know that I am a pH-indicator of Moronity among audio freaks. So, if some specific idiots out there are not happy about me then… it is good for me. The higher we climb in mountains the stronger wind and l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #94: Cessaro best promising speaker by coops on 2007-08-04 
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Kevin may not know much about loudspeaker design but he is master of MDF!...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Cessaro and Allnic by coops on 2007-10-04 
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Romy Hi, there is nothing to say really, I was trudging up the usual hifi route, ( B&W 800's usual high powered solid state amps ) I thought a turntable upgrade would be the last step! Went to GT Audio to listen to Thomas Woschnicks tur...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Allnic and Cessaro by coops on 2007-10-04 
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Romy Hi, I just didn't want you to think that i was just another hifi dealer , I just really liked the speakers, re the Allnics innards I will forward your question  to  Ralph at Cessaro he is the international distributor, I do k...
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