Kharma EXQ-CS-2.1-S User Manual

EXQUISITE CLASSIQUE

Loudspeaker system

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Exquisite Classique

Description

Creating a Kharma Exquisite loudspeaker is a very long process. Looking for the
perfect shape, materials and sound... that sense of graceful elegance you would
expect from a handcrafted loudspeaker. The far-reaching attention to detail makes
this speaker range a class of its own. This even more becomes clear by the Diamond
tweeter which is standard in the Exquisite Collection. This all is the result of our
unique reputation and style, which is realized by a team of highly dedicated,
committed specialists.

Especially the Exquisite Classique, the prime model of the Exquisite Collection, shows
the true dedication of Kharma. For many years the Exquisite Classique has been
Kharma's flagship, and the reference speaker for many audiophiles. Until the
development of the Exquisite Grand it has been the ultra-high-end product of Kharma.
The Exquisite Classique recently had an upgrade in name, from Exquisite Reference to
Exquisite Classique, because for sure this speaker can be stated as the Classique
model of the Exquisite Collection.

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Features

Cabinet

The cabinet of the Exquisite Classique is a piece of art in every way, from the use of
perfect materials to construction and finish, all are exceptional. The cabinet is built up
using vertically layered panels with carefully computed irregularity shaped cut-outs,
which minimizes air born resonance. This minimization of air born resonance inside
the cabinet is important, because the cabinet should absolutely have no contribution
to the sound field itself.

The combination of high pressure laminate panels, the irregular shaped cut-ours,
sophisticated acoustical damping and the de-coupling substance between panels to
prevent structure-born energy travelling from one panel to another guarantees a
resonance-dead cabinet. The Exquisite Classique has as result a patented cabinet
which doesn’t contribute to the sound field itself. Simply every form and every detail
on the Exquisite Classique has a purpose in the mechanism to create an absolute
sound.

Crossover

This Exquisite loudspeaker can only achieve astonishing musicality by using complex
crossover techniques, which can be seen as the beating heart of this loudspeaker.
This complex in-house developed crossover will lead all drivers to the right music
composition.

Therefore the crossover can be seen as an orchestra conductor, which will have to
turn the information received through the loudspeaker cable into a musical spectacle
as if it was read from a music sheet.

Kharma has mastered the art of retaining musical wholeness with the proprietary
crossover technique used in the Exquisite Grand. This technique is seldom used by
other manufacturers because of its complexity. This results in the Kharma crossover
where simply is no gap in information.

Stand

Mechanical residual vibrations of the cabinet are terminated by the Spike Disk
Suspension System (SDSS) by minimising the contact area between the cabinet and
the floor. The SDSS stand also provides a fixed and levelled orientation for the cabinet
drivers, because each spike can be adjusted individually in the vertical direction.

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Signature treatment

The Exquisite Classique comes with the Signature treatment of Kharma, which is first
of all implemented to improve the structure born vibrational properties of the driver
chassis and secondly to enhance the magnetical field handling as well as proprietary
techniques.

Furthermore the incredible attention to detail has led to the use of pure silver and gold
metallurgic alloys for internal cabling. These internal cables have been refined by
proprietary Kharma processes, which are belonging exclusively to the Signature
treatment. As a result the Exquisite Classique has now struck an unbelievable level of
detail.

The connection of this loudspeaker is executed in the Silver/ Gold Signature version
of the Kharma Binding Post System (KBPS-SGS). The connection is made of very
pure, solid silver/gold alloy, which has exactly the same metallurgical alloy as the
Kharma cables. In addition the connection is also treated with the proprietary
treatments of Kharma to influence the conductance behaviour.

With this all we realise an uninterrupted chain of pure silver/gold conductors from
amplifier to driver. Although this extra reward for the musicality of the system can only
be achieved when the advised amplifier and external cable are used.

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