Kudos Titan 808 Active with Naim - anyone heard them?
Posted by: heihei on 16 March 2016
I just noticed that Acoustica were showing the Titan 808's active with Naim amps at their show last weekend. Anyone hear it?
No, not yet but for sure I will. Quite refreshing with the idea that someone keeps on developing active solutions now when won't be doing it any more.
I would love to hear active Super 10 and 20 also, do remember that passive Super 20 sounded better then passive Ovator 600 in my room.
//Jonas
No but would love to hear!!
The Strat (Fender) posted:No but would love to hear!!
That's 2 of us that would love to hear them!
It appears the Focal/Naim R&D team is still interested in Active Systems.
Vivid Audio G2's with Naim Snaxo:
Kudos Titans 808 Active with Naim:
Who knows, maybe Focal will be added to the list.
Allante93!
I heard them, sounded absolutely superb - best sound at the show for me (with Naim's own Sopra 2 / 500 system in second place). Have seen some people saying that they were a bit 'wall of sound' for them but they sounded pretty much perfect for my taste.
These speakers are really special, heard them a few times now but they sounded especially awesome in this active setup. Always enjoy talking to the Kudos guys as well, they clearly love music as they always play a really cool and diverse range of tunes. Always come away from their room with a sizeable Shazammed list for further investigation!
Did they tell what the active crossover was? Linn Exaktbox?
I have heard the 808 passive, with Naim amplification some time ago at Cymbiosis, prior to the move, they sound far better than speakers made by turntable or amplifier manufacturers IMHO
They used a Berhinger Professional x-over but aiming for a proper Snaxo with Naim. Clearly that would be an advantage for Naim to have such a popular speaker ready for their active amps. Win-win-win if you ask me (customer-Naim-Kudos)
//Jonas
I think the crossover was a Behringer Ultradrive Pro. Not 100% sure though.
Beat me to it Jonas!
Thanks, interesting, never heard of these.
Sorry James :-)