CT8 LR

Compact speaker

Stationed to the left and right of the screen are two upright speakers. The CT8 LR features a spherical midrange/tweeter head that can be tilted towards the listener to retain a focused delivery, plus twin 10” bass units, as in the surround speaker.

For the Custom Theatre range we have taken our development of the Nautilus™-derived tubeloaded tweeter a stage further. Following the same principle as our adaptation of the midrange tube (see opposite), we’ve replaced the single, long tube with a whirl of tightly-packed, smaller channels contained in a shallow cup, each of which absorbs a portion of the unwanted sound energy from the back of the diaphragm. Even at frequencies well beyond human hearing, this tweeter sings like a bird.

• Technical features: Adjustable midrange/tweeter head, aramid fiber cone FST™, midrange Composite sandwich, cone bass, Matrix cabinet, Active bass crossover, Laser alignment device
• Description: 3-way closed-box system
• Frequency range: -6 dB at 23 Hz and 40 kHz
• Sensitivity: 93dB spl (2.83 V, 1 m) (mf/hf)
• Nominal impedance: 8 Ω (minimum 4 Ω)
• Recommended amplifier power: 50W - 1000 W into 8 Ω on unclipped programme
• Max. recommended cable impedance: 0.1 Ω