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A huge thank-you to our show partners and the fantastic folks at Audio-T for another fantastic Bristol HiFi Show. A selection of photos below, from our own room where we were featuring our K300, and the Townshend Audio and Sound Fowndations rooms, where K320s were being used.
Special thanks to IsoTek, dCS and Sugden for helping us to compile a fantastic system, and to everybody who came to visit us over the weekend!
Håvard Holmedal of Stereo Plus Magazine (Norway) is already well-acquainted with Kerr Acoustic products, having reviewed the K300s earlier this year and subsequently adopted them to use as a reference stand-mount speaker. Following on from the success of the review, he decided to spend some time with the K300’s floor-standing brother. Hear how he got on below:
“The sound image is excellent, the sound of the guitars extremely believable, the exquisite trumpet extremely airy, and the rest of the sound is impressively detailed and refined, but it is the depth and three-dimensionality that really tear you out of reality and into the music.”
“It doesn't add anything to the sound and makes it one of the most versatile and flexible speakers I've had in the living room in a very long time. It does not favour any particular genre of music, other than that it clearly prefers good recordings with spacious soundscapes, good dynamics and great holography. Then life becomes easy, and the music has room to be just as beautiful, wistful, hellishly tough, merciless and silky smooth as it should be. And basically it asks you to ditch everything from hi-fi playlists and just listen to regular music.”
“It's no secret that we have a pair of Kerr Acoustic K300s to use as a reference stand speaker. It does its job in the best way, and gives fairly immediate feedback on changes in the system, whether it's the amplifier or a new streamer/DAC being connected. With the K320, there is even more of a fun factor with a very well-coiffed bass reproduction and a clarity, precision and openness that is incredible, which is unusual even in this price range. But what will be talked about is guaranteed to be the qualities in the mid-bass and the depth of the bass.”
Lasse Svendsen of Lyd & Bilde reviewed the K320 mk.3 for Lyd & Bilde, and commended them with a ‘Specially Recommended’ award.
“The bass on James Blake's ‘Limit To Your Love’ threatened to roll the rug off the floor, and loose objects began to vibrate. A few days later, the stage was set for the first listening session, which confirmed the impression from day one: These speakers play deep bass in a way few other speakers can.”
“ Strings sound beautifully defined, with an exceptionally fast dynamic that creates fantastic contrast in the music. Add to that the ability of the speakers to make the rough strings really sound like full members of the orchestra, and you realise that these are some very rare speakers. I do not remember hearing such a powerful deep bass from such a small speaker.”
“After a demo of the K320 Mk.3, it can be difficult to go back to the speakers you have at home.”
We’re delighted to unveil a brand new partnering podium for the K320 from Townshend Audio.
Townshend’s award-winning seismic isolation podiums are truly unique in the way that they work to interrupt the acoustic connection between the loudspeaker and the floor.
Using 4 of their captive load cells per podium, they prevent any mechanical energy transferring from the loudspeaker into the surrounding environment, allowing users to uncover a new level of sonic performance from their loudspeakers. With all unwanted vibration being effectively managed and kept out of the floor, sonic performance is improved across the entire audible band - an effect that has to be experienced to be believed.
While Townshend offer an array of different sized de-coupling podiums, the custom K320 model allows for the optimally-sized baseplate to be bolted to the cabinet itself, using the threaded inserts that would normally be used for spikes. This greatly helps to improve stability, and guarantees a secure marriage between loudspeaker and podium.
Get in contact to learn more!
David Price puts six of the best mid-priced floor-standers head-to-head in the October issue of Hi-Fi Choice magazine, and awards first place to the Kerr Acoustic K320 mk.3.
"A highly composed and controlled sound, yet one with firecracker dynamics and oodles of guts and glory on dynamic crescendos"
Read the review below, and pick up your copy of the October 2021 issue for the full group test!
The Kerr Kerr Acoustic K320 earns an ‘Applause Award’ from the venerable Davie Price for Stereonet.
“Such transient speed was a joy to behold with the leading edges of heavily struck snares or strummed electric guitars and worked hand-in-glove with the speaker's excellent dynamics. The thwack of percussion was a wonderfully physical sensation”
Read the full review at the link below! Special thanks to Richard Danis, Kevin Hogan, Cameron Jenkins, and James Nugent for the photos contained in the article.
“The K320 responds with enthusiasm if you wind up the volume, Leifur James’ Red Sea is a slow builder but by the time things got going the level had reached a point I don’t often go to, yet the sound remained clean and calm as the sound filled the room and produced a huge vista that you could almost bathe in”
“With its transmission line loading, minimal styling and slim profile the K320 might be mistaken for a PMC, but the tonal balance is richer and more relaxed, the bass more generous and the treble a shade sweeter. And I like sweet treble as long as it reveals plenty of detail and projects a strong image whilst keeping the timing on the ball. All of which are the case here”
The K320 receives an ‘Editors Choice’ award
