Few years ago I took a listening test for floorstanding speakers in local "low cost" store. They had few models of rather cheap consumer grade speakers ($~500 pair). JBL, Klipsch, Yamaha... The salesman was very nice young fellow interested in "hifi" and we had fun playing all sorts of music, switching between speakers. We agreed the clear winner was Canton GLE490 by considerable margin. Sure it was tad bigger and more expensive than the rest but only by 10% margin or so.
I borrowed this pair and spent several weeks with it at home and it renewed my interest in HiFi because they sounded so much better than my previous junk. Now this model is entry level model from Canton, and when I finally returned them I was considering buying much more expensive Cantons, importing from Germany since there is no dealer here in Iceland. I was eyeballing Canton 896 DC but never got around to ordering them, and then I discovered Focal sold locally and got a pair of nice floorstanders.
But I am still curious, Canton seems to be very popular and highly regarded brand in Germany and now the 896 DC can be had for half the price from 4 years ago. Judging by Amazon reviews people seem to by quite happy with their Canton purchases and the reference line from Canton get's glowing reviews in the German press.
Just for fun, here is Canton 896 DC review with some measurements.
https://www.hifitest.de/test/lautsprecher_stereo/canton-vento_896_dc_12697
Any Canton owners here who like to chime in?
I borrowed this pair and spent several weeks with it at home and it renewed my interest in HiFi because they sounded so much better than my previous junk. Now this model is entry level model from Canton, and when I finally returned them I was considering buying much more expensive Cantons, importing from Germany since there is no dealer here in Iceland. I was eyeballing Canton 896 DC but never got around to ordering them, and then I discovered Focal sold locally and got a pair of nice floorstanders.
But I am still curious, Canton seems to be very popular and highly regarded brand in Germany and now the 896 DC can be had for half the price from 4 years ago. Judging by Amazon reviews people seem to by quite happy with their Canton purchases and the reference line from Canton get's glowing reviews in the German press.
Just for fun, here is Canton 896 DC review with some measurements.
https://www.hifitest.de/test/lautsprecher_stereo/canton-vento_896_dc_12697
Any Canton owners here who like to chime in?