Awards for the Kharma Elegance dB11‐S

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03.02.2014

Press Release | KHARMA  ELEGANCE dB11-S: CES INNOVATIONS 2014 DESIGN AND ENGINEERING AWARD HONOREE


Innovations 2014 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree for the Kharma Elegance dB11‐S. This new speaker was judged upon different fields of engineering, aesthetic design qualities, user’s value and of course it’s innovative element. The dB11‐S is judged by a pre‐eminent panel of independent industrial designers, independent engineers and members of the trade media to honour outstanding design and engineering in cutting edge consumer electronics products across 29 product categories.


In the world of standard dynamic loudspeakers the dB11‐S presents a never before achieved level of excellence in performance and design. Moreover a synergy in acoustical, electro‐mechanical and esthetical design is developed.


Multidisciplinary engineering has been used to avoid structure born and non‐structure born resonances supporting the holy grail of unrevealing complex musical sound shapes and reproducing them. This all is presented in a compact nice aesthetical design to bring pleasure for many years to the user.


The Kharma Elegance dB11‐S presents the ultimate synergy in sound reproduction with dynamic transducers. Each part of the design constitutes the maximum possible at current times. The acoustically perfect shape of cabinet with its polygone slanted angled baffle supports seamless transitions in the crossover regions between the drivers and off‐axis group delay behavior. Result is that the reflections of sidewalls in the room are more phases coherent and build up more realistic 3D imaging with the direct perceived sound. The slanted design supports unwanted early floor reflections, minimizing the human ears to focus on the location of a non‐existing source (the floor).


The slanted design also creates a lifelike high soundstage.


The dB11‐S is internally wired with pure silver, which is considered a necessity to reach the purity of sound that is presented. The Kharma Elegance dB11‐S is intended for moderate to large living rooms, where the very distinct shape has been carefully designed to blend in easy with both modern and contemporary interior designs.


The dB11‐S is a large loudspeaker, not looking nearly as large as the sound projection it is capable of.


The dB11‐S is capable of reproducing large orchestra’s at realistic sound levels with a full‐undistorted sound quality from lowest octave to highest. Throughout the whole audio spectrum the sound is created by ultra stiff non‐resonant materials, totally behaving in piston mode in their respective areas. The dB11‐S has aluminum cone material for deep base, Ultra high modulus Carbon for lower‐mids and mids, and Beryllium for the highs each ensuring perfect non‐resonant piston behavior.


“Perfection, beyond imagination”, Charles van Oosterum (CEO)
Products chosen as an Innovations honoree reflect innovative design and engineering of the entries. Innovations 2014 Design and Engineering honoree products are featured on CESweb.org/Innovations, which lists product categories, as well as each product name, manufacturer information, designer, description, photo and URL.


Kharma loudspeakers are known to be extremely compact for the sound emanating properties they carry. That also puts high demands on the cabinets. The Kharma cabinets are extremely free from unwanted resonances. The slanted design with the polygon shapes at the front, hallmark of the typical Kharma design are making this possible. The Kharma products are finished in high gloss polished lacquer to a quality level superior to automotive finishes contributes to a luxury experience. The speaker grill is easily detachable without visible studs, for satisfying the most demanding audiophile hours. The beautiful but highly functional stand supports easy cleaning and dust free maintenance, as well as razor‐sharp focus and 3D sound‐pixel quality.


The true beryllium high frequency driver moves far beyond the audible spectrum in a true piston mode without distortion and side effects, creating very clear highs, but also unraveling complex tones to fully reproduce the subtle variations in the sound structures. In other words, the base sounds more tight and controlled because of the beryllium tweeter. The true pinnacle in driver design is constituted with the Kharma Omega 7 driver, which in itself is almost a full range driver, capable of reaching as low as 30 Hz and as high as 7khz without distortion. The cone has been designed to create the largest non‐resonant bandwidth possible with a 7‐inch driver. The cone is ultra stiff due to the proprietary Ultra high modulus carbon cone molded in a very specific FEA (Finite Element Analysis) optimized shape and hence free of artificial colorations, coupled to a very linear, under hung magnet motor system. With low inductance allowing fast transients to pass easily. All these elements contribute to the Kharma philosophy, which now have been appreciated by the CES Innovation Award on the Elegance dB11‐S.


Elegance is the only beauty that never fades – Audrey Hepburn


Kharma International b.v. Kalshoven 7 4825 AL Breda The Netherlands T. +31 765715010 F. +31 765714773


For further information: to Kharma website   or mail tinfo@kharma.com

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