Kanto’s Ora4 desktop speakers drive more bass, more power

Canadian audio institution Kanto has a caller action if you’re looking for powered desktop aliases bookshelf speakers pinch amended bass response. Its Ora4 Reference Speakers are akin to its Kanto Ora exemplary — which we see to beryllium immoderate of nan champion desktop speakers you tin bargain —  but pinch larger woofers and much power. They’re disposable staring November 1 for $400 successful either matte achromatic aliases matte black, from Amazon and respective different retailers.

The Ora4 are only somewhat larger than nan Ora (4.7 x 6.7 x 8.3 inches versus 3.9 x 5.6 x 6.9 inches) but they measurement astir doubly arsenic overmuch (4.3 pounds versus 2.1), which should springiness you an denotation that there’s a batch much going connected inside.

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The quality is nan amplification and drivers. The Ora4’s bi-amplified drivers are fed by 2 people D amps: 12 watts per tweeter and 23 watts per woofer, for 70 watts of full powerfulness (RMS). That’s 40% much powerfulness than nan Ora’s 50-watt total.

While nan 3/4-inch silk dome tweeters stay nan aforesaid arsenic nan Ora, nan woofers are now bigger (4-inch versus 3-inch) and are made from magnetically shielded aluminum alternatively of paper.

This is what accounts for nan Ora4’s deeper bass. Kanto says nan Ora4 has a wave consequence of 60Hz-22kHz (10Hz little than nan Ora), and nan institution has group nan automatic crossover astatine 80Hz erstwhile you link a wired subwoofer.

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Speaking of wired connections, nan Ora4 repeats nan Ora’s formula: connected nan backmost of nan powered satellite, you’ll find a USB-C larboard for PC audio, a stereo RCA relationship for analog sources, and a subwoofer output. There’s besides a Bluetooth 5.0 wireless relationship for streaming audio pinch AAC and SBC codec support.

What you won’t spot is nan Ora4’s hidden spec improvement. Its USB-C input is now compatible pinch integer sources up to 24-bit/96kHz for lossless, hi-res audio. The original Ora is constricted to CD value 16-bit/48kHz.

At $400, nan Ora4 are only $50 much than their smaller, little powerful Ora siblings, which whitethorn make them very charismatic for those who request conscionable a small much punch successful their desktop setup for monitoring and mixing music.