Legend Acoustics Kama 12 Loudspeaker .. refined Australiana, gorgeous construction, formidable value.

The tweeter has a ceramic-coated dome that combines the exceptional detail of a metal dome with the smoothness and non-fatiguing characteristic of ceramic. It has a copper cap to reduce voice-coil inductance and so minimize phase shift. And it has a saturation controlled motor for very low distortion. The result is crystal clarity throughout its treble without hardness or confusion.

Legend have continued to use the low-distortion bass unit made from very strong aluminium-alloy with ribs to further increase their strength so cone break-up only occurs well above its crossover frequency of 2.3 kHz. Together with excellent motor and suspension systems, the ensuing low distortion allows you to hear tonal structure in bass notes, again resulting in greater realism of the reproduced music – and not just some homogenised version.

This is aided by the construction of the Kama cabinets that are designed by CAD (computer-aided drawing) and precisely machined by CNC (computer numerical control) at Narellan in western Sydney. The panels are then assembled and beautifully finished by dedicated Australian craftsmen.

As shown in the photo of their interior the cabinets are heavily braced and damped with constrained-layer damping pads to reduce cabinet vibrations that if added to the driver vibrations will muddle the sound. A solid bracing panel also isolates the 2 bass drivers from each other and is at an angle so that together with the fine-fibre absorbing pads standing waves in the cabinet’s air column which again will muddle the sound are reduced. For this same reason wedges on the vertical sides of the cabinets make them internally non-parallel – and they further strengthen the walls! And they have Legend's unique Lycra grilles to minimise diffraction effects.

All this technology intended to maintain clarity is preserved by the Kamas very high quality crossovers optimally designed by our long experience to use the drivers over their best ranges and to combine them so you hear them not as individual units but as an integrated whole.

The crossover filters use very high quality components including specially-sourced polypropylene capacitors (often in parallel for lower series resistance), large-gauge air-cored inductors (so there is no magnetic saturation) and high-power non-inductive wire-wound resistors (so there are no thermal or magnetic effects). All are directly soldered to each other and to the drivers via high quality wire for minimum contact resistance. Everything is done to reduce distortion of the music signals getting to the drivers and so to your ears!

As shown by the measurements, because the new Kama 12s are so accurate with such flat frequency response and low distortion they will be very faithful ("high fidelity" in its true sense!) to your music. Given the right preceding equipment you will hear all the emotional drama and nuances of the artists’ playing. Like being there!