I own the 5.2 reference. Initially I found them rather thin sounding speakers as I previously owned Dynos. So I missed the body and air. I removed the lower bass driver and removed the damping sponge from behind it. Also removed the sponge plug from the down firing bass port. Now I got the body and 3D what I wanted to achieve. I recommend you guys to try this little trick...I thing the philosophy behind the canton speaker design was to achieve an unboxy sound character so they over dumped the whole box. The idea is that by putting 5kg sponge in the box you will only hear the sound of the drivers without the boxy coloration.I also removed 80% of the sponge behind the mid driver. Now the sound has a healthy body with much air,the drivers can breath resulting a more dynamic character which is welcome in my system
Canton Reference 5.2 dc
Has anyone had an opportunity to listen to this speaker? I am looking for a new set of speakers and was able to listen to the Vento 820 and liked the sound but am looking for a full range. Would also be interested in comparision to canton 890.2 dc if you have had an opportunity to listen to both. Rest of the system is comprised of classe cp-800, pass labs x250 amp, mac mini, and oppo 95. Thanks. As a side note I like the sound of the B&W 802D2 but wife says it is to big for the living room (though she likes the eyeball...her words not mine). I was not a fan of the 804 (lacking fullness and bass)