Cadentia 3 Product Development thread / Audio First Designs

[staticV3]

Hi guys! I am happy to share that the website for the Cadentia 3 kit is finally completed. You can now order the kit from the website directly!

https://audiofirstdesigns.uk/cadentia-3

Fantastic job! The website looks great!
Still no vertical directivity graph?

 

[Kravi4ka]

When does the pre-order end?

 

[AudioJester]

I just got out the ruler and tried to find out how to fit this on my desktop. The height is perfect, my current Fidelias with the subwoofers below are also 59cm height. The width, yeah I can manage. Then I saw the depth . My whole desk is only 80cm deep . Obvious solution would be to put the speakers on stands behind the desk, but as my desk is height adjustable, I kinda need the speakers to move with the desk so...

I have only seen and not used them, but there are stands that clamp onto the back of a desk and sit furthet back.

 

[berjine]

I'm very tempted by the kit but the depth is not ideal for me, how hard would it be to make it a column ?
Double the height, half the depth
I'd need more wood of course but would the port fit ?

 

[berjine]

When does the pre-order end?

December 31

 

[ThELiZ]

Full spins here: https://www.spinorama.org/speakers/Audio First Design Cadentia/Audio First Design/index_vendor.html

I’m guessing you’ll want to sit level with the tweeter?

Measurements look incredible. Got to be one of the highest scores going?

 

[Matias]

Full spins here: https://www.spinorama.org/speakers/Audio First Design Cadentia/Audio First Design/index_vendor.html

I’m guessing you’ll want to sit level with the tweeter?

Measurements look incredible. Got to be one of the highest scores going?

2nd on the overall rankings, 1st on passives, yet lower price than the others. Wow!

Ranking table of speaker's measurements

www.spinorama.org

 

[kharan]

Very nice near constant directivity from 600 Hz to 3500 Hz.

Also, why does the phase plot look so weird?

 

[Audiofirstdesigns_Harry]

I am happy to see the Cadentia 3 ranked this high!

2nd on the overall rankings, 1st on passives, yet lower price than the others. Wow!

Ranking table of speaker's measurements

www.spinorama.org

 

[Audiofirstdesigns_Harry]

I'm very tempted by the kit but the depth is not ideal for me, how hard would it be to make it a column ?
Double the height, half the depth
I'd need more wood of course but would the port fit ?

Thanks for your interest! The good thing about it being a kit is that you have the freedom to do things like this (I also supply kits to customers without the cabinet parts as some of them are good at woodworking or even have a CNC at home)...

But regarding the height, rather than simply doubling it, I will recommend trying to aim the tweeter at around your ear level.

The length of the part of the port that goes inside the cabinet after the 15mm rear panel is 147mm, I recommend having a minimum depth of 200mm.

 

[Raiju]

Kit without cabinet looks interesting to me. I want to run some numbers, what is tuning frequency of port and internal volume of cabinet?

 

[berjine]

Thanks for your interest! The good thing about it being a kit is that you have the freedom to do things like this (I also supply kits to customers without the cabinet parts as some of them are good at woodworking or even have a CNC at home)...

But regarding the height, rather than simply doubling it, I will recommend trying to aim the tweeter at around your ear level.

The length of the part of the port that goes inside the cabinet after the 15mm rear panel is 147mm, I recommend having a minimum depth of 200mm.

Thanks ! Indeed a kit without cabinet would be very interesting, I haven't made up my mind yet but I'll let you know

 

[kawauso]

Wow, that’s a jaw-dropping directivity plot.
The headroom looks outstanding, too —
this is truly one of the best speakers I've seen.

I can’t purchase it right away,
but I’ll definitely come back for it someday!

 

[Audiofirstdesigns_Harry]

Wow, that’s a jaw-dropping directivity plot.
The headroom looks outstanding, too —
this is truly one of the best speakers I've seen.

I can’t purchase it right away,
but I’ll definitely come back for it someday!

Thank you very much!
I still haven't forgotten about the kind of centre channel that you are after... but I simply have too much to do in the pipeline! Thanks for your patience and appreciation.

 

[kharan]

Thank you very much!
I still haven't forgotten about the kind of centre channel that you are after... but I simply have too much to do in the pipeline! Thanks for your patience and appreciation.

The phase data looks weird, maybe there's a formatting error that snuck in?

 

[daniboun]

Finally... A photo of the final version of the Cadentia 3 kit! I am still working on the website and other miscellaneous tasks but they should be ready to order in 2 to 3 weeks.

View attachment 483667

Excellent and the Spinorama score is just impressive )

Measurements for speaker Audio First Design Cadentia 3

www.spinorama.org

Tonality: 7.6
Bass extension: 29 Hz
Flatness: ±1.9 dB

It makes me remind the Loud Speaker 3 by Troels

 

[daniboun]

@Audiofirstdesigns_Harry

Harry, will the crossover be a 3rd-order acoustical ?
Any pictures to share ?

 

[totti1965]

2nd on the overall rankings, 1st on passives, yet lower price than the others. Wow!

Ranking table of speaker's measurements

www.spinorama.org

Finely it ties with the KEF Blade 2 Meta WITH equalization. And this without any equalization. This speaker is worth every single penny! US $25,000 / pair vs US $sub 5,000,— / pair. Oh Wow!

 

[staticV3]

Finely it ties with the KEF Blade 2 Meta WITH equalization. And this without any equalization.

It ties in the horizontal plane, vertically not so much

 

[totti1965]

@staticV3: can you explain the cause why the Cadentia 3 reaches incredibly good 8.92 with perfect (reaching 14 Hz) subwoofer(s) and eq
only tied by the small Genelec 8030C (8.97) or the Genelec 8331 (8.93),
but the Blade 2 Meta reaches only 8.58?