Canton Nestor

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Canton
• Model: Nestor
• Year of manufacture: 1990
• Made in: Germany
• Color: by choice
• Dimensions: Bass column 41 x 150 x 48 cm (W x H x D), Satellite column 28.5 x 150 x 36.5 cm (W x H x D).
• Weight:
• Original price approx:

Technical Data

• Type: 5-way floorstanding loudspeaker, closed
• Chassis:
  • Low bass: 4x 310 mm

Bass: 4x 200 mm Midrange: 160 mm

• • mid-high: 38 mm metal dome tweeter
  • tweeter: 25 mm aluminium-manganese dome tweeter

Power handling (nominal/music):

• Efficiency: 91 dB bass column, 88 dB satellite column.
• Frequency response: 20 - 30000 Hz
• Transitional ranges: 70-140 Hz/300/3000/7000 Hz
• Impedance: 4 Ohm

Special Features

• separate active crossover for separation between bass and satellite column, at least 2 power amplifiers required.
• active crossover with 4 switchable high level inputs and overall volume control, therefore no preamplifier required
• each bass driver of the bass column can be controlled separately
• bi-amping/biwiring possible for the satellite column

Remarks

The prototype was on display at the IFA 1990. The speaker did not go into production, only 7 units were built.

Pictures

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