SUPER 20A

I’ve replaced my Opera Grand Mezza – running with a NuVista 600 Musical Fidelity amp – with the Super 20A and I can tell you right away that is was a decision I am not regretting since the first minute of listenining. Although I think that the Opera Grand Mezza’s perform very well especially looking at their price segment, however, the Super 20A outperform them in every aspect.

First of all the overalll impresssion when you unpack them – finish quality is absolutely top notch and the walnut finish has a huge ‘WAF’ on top too (quite important :)

The resolution of the recordings massively improved compared to the Opera’s. You have to experiment a bit with the placement of the Kudos, but in my example they performed at it’s best slightly toed in in a distance of 2.3 m between each other. Midrange allows you hear some real (hidden) gems from the recordings you haven’t noticed before – it of course depends on the source, but as an old CD freak I was suprised on how much you can squeeze from your audio system with the adequate speaker system attached to it.
Bass performance is as natural as it can be. It all depends how the source medium was recorded – but all in all the Super 20A present the lower frequencies as they were intended to be recorded by the artist – with no signs of falsification = pure class.

If you have a mid-sized room (about 16-20m) you cannot go wrong with the Super 20A. Their size (height) is also another factor potential buyers should be looking for – as in most cases it will fit with the usual listening height of the sofa most people have in their rooms. For enthusiast of electronic music, pop-, rock and female vocals you have to listen to them – you will not regret it.

Not to mention the extended 5-year warranty, which is another advantage compared to most other Loudspeaker brands, who usually offer you a standard 2-year period.

Thanks to the whole Kudos Team to providing to us a perfect product.
Rafael

I bought these speakers to replace a pair of absolutely superb Linn 320A speakers which had, disappointingly, failed after fifteen years of memorable listening, The Kudos speakers are paired with two Exposure amplifiers, on the recommendation of Clive, my Linn dealer. The Kudos speakers were his recommendation too; he was clearly aware that I did not wish to experience a drop in the quality of listening. I have not! For me the acid test is to close my eyes…….and if the musicians are in the room with me, and I am listening to them, rather than a hifi system, then the test has been passed.
The speakers, amplifiers and cables are still “bedding in” and there is more to come; but the speakers and amplifiers match the Linn 320A’s. Yet they are significantly different, The sound is ‘brighter’, though the the base and mid range sound is very impressive. These speakers pick out the detail far more than the Linn speakers. Every instrument can be heard as part of the whole. A friend of mine, after listening to Dvorak’s 9th, remarked that “it was like hearing it for the first time”. After Beethoven’s 9th he said that he was hearing things that he hadn’t heard before in the music.
I am still getting used to the different sound, but is the equal of before and it is very exciting.

It is a fact – HiFi follows the laws of diminishing returns, it’s a subjective experience and all the places we listen to music are unique.
For me I want a faithful to the music, as the artist would want, experience (no emphasis in any area), without turning our modest room into a ‘recording studio’ i.e. an unpretentious suite of truthful equipment.
After 40 years of changing systems (obviously not every year), I’ve conclusively arrived.
I have a classic separates line up and finally, approximately four years ago, I bought my Kudos Super 20’s.
I will listen to anything which captures my attention.
I have listened to many very, very expensive systems (Far more than mine; which is not cheap). Would I change? not a chance!
I now finally listen to the music, not the system and I don’t leave the room, if I do, it calls me back.
Our room hasn’t been rearranged to ‘optimise’ the speaker performance: We still have a living room, not a HiFi room.
To conclude – I’m sorry to all HiFi manufacturers, especially Kudos and their outstanding Super 20’s; I will not be changing my system, especially the Super 20’s, I have what I want: I’m just listening to the music and I’m obviously very, very happy.

My wife was attracted by their appearance. Bought to replace Linn Keilidhs in a Linn Akurate Exakt system. Thanks to the Linn “Space Optimisation”, they hard hard against the back wall and look great. Sound fabulous; base is more structured and tight. Female voices are fabulous. Whilst initially a bit bright this has softened with use (or have I got used to the greater detail?)
If I haven’t listened to them for a while, I am stunned by their performance. Thoroughly recommended for anybody with a similar system. Being only 2 way speakers, they saved a lot in amplification costs so good value as well.