Kudos Cardea C30 floorstanding speaker

[Vince]

Superb condition, as above speakers in 100% working order. I'm selling for a friend and have heard these bucketloads of times amd have always been impressed. They are also stunning lookers. All original packaging is included. Were around £5000 not too long ago, a steal at £1400. paypay friends and family please or cash if picking up. thanks.

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[spook]

Used to have a pair of these myself. Great speakers with the fantastic SEAS Crescendo tweeters. A bargain for someone at that price!

[hifinutt]

Yes bargain price as more near 1700 but stuff is hard to sell these days

[Lee1976]

If you were closer I would seriously be all over these

[Dadshome]

Hi Vince,
I´ve just signed up here and immediately found your (or your friend´s) Kudos. I´ve heard the s20 a couple of years ago and liked them very much. I don´t know the c30, but they might be interesting for me too. Since they are bigger, should I assume that they might be too big for a 25 sqm room?
I read great reviews about these speakers, but only the Naim forum seems to dismiss the c30 completely. Also strange to see that one hardly finds anything about this model in the internet, and it hasn´t been too long in production, apparently. Also, there doesn´t seem to be a next model...
How old are "your" speakers and although you find them impressive what is the reason to sell? A step up, or are they annoying or tiring after a while?
Thanks and greetings from Germany!

[ovlov854]

Hi Jochen
Willkommen zum AOS

You might glean some additional info on these speakers from a previous listing
theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?56315-F-S-Kudos-Cardea-C30-s&highlight=kudos+cardea+c30

Sadly they were too far away for me

[Dadshome]

Thanks ovlov854. What I can´t find anywhere is if a middle-sized room (25 sqm) would be too small for this speaker. Sure, the dimensions are not that huge, but it is the biigest C-Range speaker. I mostly listen to Jazz and classical music, defenitely not too often on high volume. Would these Kudos possibly make sense? Vince?

[Lawrence001]

How far out from the wall can you bring them in, that's important too?

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[Dadshome]

In my case it´s flexible, at least half a meter would not be a problem at all.

[Vince]

The room they are in at the moment is not large and they sound lovely

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[Vince]

Bump

[Vince]

Bump

[Vince]

I can't believe that there has not been a load of more interest in these, especially at this price. These were £5000 new and are in excellent condition and it it killing the seller to see them go, but needs must. Cheers, Vince

[hifinutt]

put them on the other forums and most importantly

hi fi for sale

https://www.hifi-forsale.co.uk/

and possibly on the Kudos FB group if there is one

and here vince

http://www.hifi-intouch.co.uk/

[Beobloke]

I can't believe that there has not been a load of more interest in these, especially at this price.

I agree. Have a free bump on me!

[WESTLOWER]

Been following this listing with interest.....and :scratch:
Having had first hand experience with Kudos speakers, can really say they are just wonderful.
Large or small room friendly. They tend not to be placement fussy, my model had downward firing ports.

Genre spanning, I have had SS, KT88 and 300b amps on the end of Kudos speakers and they all drove the speaker to excel.
This model uses the renowned SEAS Crescendo tweeter. Do the research, the components used are premium.

IMHO, the first to hear these will buy without doubt. And for this sort of money, one would be very hard pushed to find a better performer.
I sometimes lust for their wonderful bass response.

Personally I would also list elsewhere, as I know Naim amp users regularly pair with Kudos speakers.

[Dadshome]

Vince, I am doing my freaking best, can´t do more than that!

[Vince]

Looks like Steves emails were going to his junk folder. Ok now.....at long last

[robinb]

You have a PM Vince

[Vince]

Sold

[Lawrence001]

Phew that's my bank account saved.

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[robinb]

Vince

Am still interested in these if you are having problems shipping them!

Robin