KELINAC 322 NEO speakers: great accuracy and volume…
For his column 322 NEO, Patrice Nicoleau, the father of Kelinac, joined forces with Stéphane Even, boss of Neodio, with the aim of enhancing the musical potential of a well-born speaker. The 322 NEO is a discreet column, black or white lacquered, in 20 mm Medite with internal stiffening reinforcement. It rests on a 25 mm base fitted with inserts for stainless steel tips. The 322 NEO receives two 13 cm braided carbon membranes and a 25 mm magnesium dome tweeter. They are mounted in a 2.5-way configuration, that is to say that the two 13 cm work in parallel in the bass up to 300 Hz, the upper speaker alone manages the midrange up to 2500 Hz, then the tweeter takes over up to 28 kHz. The bass load is tuned in bass-reflex. Two Neodio pistons per speaker put tension on the side walls, the wiring uses Neodio Fractal 8 and a WBT Nexgen terminal block mounted on an aluminum support plate completes everything. Know-how and optimization.
Patrice Nicoleau defines himself as “always passionate about music and high-fidelity sound reproduction, a music lover guided by emotion and the pleasure of concerts”. Listening to the KEL 322 NEO columns, you just want to believe it. Rereading our listening notes, we find no trace of any reservation. Better still, our assessments converge into a rather laudatory whole. First of all, and this is surprising from such a small column, we note a beautiful overall breadth, a rich midrange and a non-monotonal bass, invigorating even energizing. Corroboree de John Antill (« Welcome Ceremony ». New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd. Naxos. Available on CD and on Qobuz in 16 Bits/44.1 kHz) loses none of its stunning dynamics, which is also translated with great readability and good respect for contrasts, taking into account the resources deployed. The reproduction of the voice is a sovereign test when it comes to measuring the degree of coloring and dynamic compression of a speaker: whether it is Véronique Gens in The human voice by Francis Poulenc, a recent digital recording (“ Hello!… Hello!… My God, make him ask for more. » Lille National Orchestra, Alexandre Bloch. Alpha Classics. Available on CD and on Qobuz in 24 Bits/96 kHz), or with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in Winter tripanalog recording from the late 1960s (“ Good night “. Deutsche Grammophon. Available on vinyl, CD and on Qobuz in 16 Bits/44.1 kHz), we note that these voices are assertive, embodied, not restricted in energy or intonation. Even more astonishing is the ability of these columns to negotiate complex orchestral masses without flattening the soundstage. Witness the transcription, by Laurence Equilbey, of the Four seasons by Vivaldi for choir and orchestra (Violin Concerto No. 4 in F minor “Winter” RV 297. Accentus Choir, National Orchestra of France, Laurence Equilbey. Naive. Available on CD and on Qobuz in 16 Bits/44.1 kHz) which plays without annoying defects, and a fair distribution in space. Kelinac + Neodio, a musical equation greater than the sum of the two parts.
The +: Great accuracy and volume.
The -: Very discreet at first glance.
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