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Odeon Rigoletto 2020

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In Reply to: RE: Budget speakers to pair with SET amp posted by Whats-a-vacuum-toob? on September 16, 2021 at 10:11:12

Newest version of a great speaker.

95db, 8 ohm

Fully horn loaded (back horn on the mid/bass...floor firing and horn tweeter)

6500 Euro

Bass down to a solid 40hz

https://www.odeon-audio.com/models/rigoletto-2020/

Heard this in their factory in northern Germany and it was very good sounding and so I bought a pair even though I have their old "big boy" version of this design.

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RE: Odeon Rigoletto 2020 - Todd Krieger 09:07:16 10/11/21 (1)
Probably really good loudspeakers.... But I don't know if they're "budget"...........
- RE: Odeon Rigoletto 2020 - morricab 07:11:39 10/12/21 (0)
  Well, its all relative but well under 10K fits budget by high end standards these days.
Odeon speaker lineup - Jon L 11:23:31 09/23/21 (2)
I love the cabinetry on the smallish Odeon models, and it's unfortunate they don't seem to have a U.S. distributor. If anyone from Odeon is reading the internet, I think there is a potential future model in the lineup that many audiophiles would love to have.
Around the Rigoletto model, the Midas does not use a compression driver and no horn-loaded bass. The Tosca does use compression driver but is bass reflex.
I love 1" compression drivers, but the horn in Rigoletto (and Midas, Tosca) are only about 6.5" so the crossover points are a bit higher (2.3 kHz) than I would personally prefer. A future model with 1" compression driver in larger horn, bit lower crossover point, and keep the horn-loaded bass, and many would dig it IMHO.
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Edits: 09/23/21
- RE: Odeon speaker lineup - 91derlust 12:55:47 09/24/21 (0)
  I hear you: past experiences suggest we'd prefer a lower crossover point. Still, that little 6.5" driver should be good up to and beyond crossover point and I'd need to listen for a while before I knew. I understand that driver was designed by the person who developed the Enviee FR drivers and the wide range drivers used by Sound Kaos.
  
  "Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems to characterise our age." Albert Einstein
  
  Edits: 10/16/21
- RE: Odeon speaker lineup - RGA 17:05:10 09/23/21 (0)
  They are carried by Tricell in Ontario which is an importer - they then send them to several dealers in Montreal, Ontario and Alberta. I think they are gorgeous-looking speakers and SET amp friendly - Hope they arrive in Hong Kong one day - not sure why they can't get a dealer here - they make small standmount speakers and have beautiful wood finishes. SET amplifiers and tubes are hugely popular in Hong Kong which also sells to the wealthy mainland Chinese who buy in HK because they don't trust the Chinese dealers who sell the real deal.
  They sell far bigger (as in physically larger) speakers here so size is not a problem - the rich guys rent manufacturing space here and visit their stereos on the side. And people here can drop $1/4 million US on a pair of speakers no sweat - Hong Kong is home to the highest percentage of billionaires relative to the population. So let's see a dealer.
  
  Edits: 09/23/21

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