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REVIEW

ORKAN CAN!

Quadral’s new Orkan 9 loudspeaker can deliver a lovely sound, Noel Keywood says.

eviewers have their the one metre high criterion that Extremo Lyd 1 feet can be supplied
preferences and I manufacturers prefer. It’s heavily at £275 extra per pair – £550 in
admit Quadral’s high built with an internally braced all. With the base set horizontal
end Aurum series MDF cabinet weighing 32kgs on the cabinets tilt back, making the
loudspeakers are one our scales. Dimensions of 103cms midrange units fire slightly upward
R of mine. Their Wotan high, 22cms wide and 38cms deep toward listeners.
VIII (reviewed August 2012 issue) make the Orkan 9 blend in easily, Quadral manufacture their
with ribbon tweeter made me sit our review samples having deep drive units in Germany (Hanover)
up and smile and ‘World reviewer gloss black finish. Fine acoustically rather than buy them in. At top on
Martin Pipe uses them today as his
reference. The Chromium Style 8s "the longer I listened the more I
I reviewed in our March 2016 issue
were similarly superb. Reviewed was drawn in"
here are their new Orkan 9 loud-
speakers, a large floorstander
sitting just over one metre high transparent grilles made little the Orkan 9 sits their quSENSE
and graced with Quadral’s ribbon difference to performance aluminium ribbon tweeter, kept
tweeter, price £3999.95 a pair, so measurement showed, so they can short, they say, for better vertical
not cheap. But I like them! be used on or off, as is common. dispersion. Below it lies a 155mm
The Orkan 9 is about as big as The cabinets sit on fixed plinths diameter Altima midrange unit
most people would want, meeting with stick-on pads. A set of Alto- with composite alloy cone having

The Alto-Extremo Lyd 1 feet available as an optional extra, to give improved floor isolation.

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