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WORLD AWARDS

BEST uadral’s Orkan 9 loudspeaker
is nothing if not impressive
– both in looks and sound
quality. Just over one metre
LOUDSPEAKER Q ribbon tweeter, a 155mm
high it packs an aluminium
midrange unit plus two 180mm bass driv-
ers into its substantial front baffle. Put
together, this complement of drivers com-
bine to produce a beguiling sound. They
are distinctively smooth and svelte yet
QUADRAL very revealing with powerful bass.
The synth work on Safri Duo’s ‘Samb

ORKAN 9 Adagio’ moved our large listening room
with ease. There’s power aplenty in the
lower registers yet it rolls along rather
than stabbing out giving a completely
natural sound. What you get is an easy
yet totally sophisticated sound that
reflects Quadral’s design ethos of total
accuracy. They may at first sound more
laid-back against other loudspeakers but
in fact they are more subtly revealing.
Which means you’ll go on listening long
after you’ve tired of other, more strident
Reviewed: October 2019 issue designs.
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