Kharma ELEGANCE dB9 User manual

ELEGANCE dB9
Loudspeaker system

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Elegance dB9
Description
The Elegance collection is succeeding the very successful Ceramique line of high-end
loudspeakers from Kharma. The Ceramique loudspeaker line was introduced in 199
and the use of Ceramique-based drivers was the reason for naming this series like we
did.
During the past years Kharma has been researching new technologies as how to
improve and set a new standard again to the high-end audio world. We are very proud
now to offer the very latest high-tech technologies again in the new Elegance series.
The shape of the cabinets has been unchanged because the shape is fully functional
to the way the sound develops from the loudspeakers. But the beauty of the design
has been improved upon, by redesigning the stand and bottom, the redesign of the
front cover and many other small design details.
Besides all drivers of the Elegance dB9 are significantly improved. The tweeter is now
made of pure beryllium, which is the next best material to diamond. Furthermore the
speaker is equipped with a 7-inch Kharma Composite Driver (KCD), which is based on
a new cone technology especially developed by Kharma. The double 9 inch aluminium
woofer equipment of this new Elegance speaker explains the appropriate name,
Elegance dB9.

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Features
The shape of perfection
The shape of the cabinets of the new Elegance series has been unchanged with
respect to its predecessor, the Ceramique series, because the shape is fully functional
to the way the sound develops from the loudspeakers. This is a result of the unique
polygonal shaped cabinet for optimum phase behaviour and minimum group time-
delay. Besides, the cabinet is made of 35 mm high density MDF to increase the
neutrality of the cabinet and is equipped with advanced acoustic damping materials to
absorb the energy in a wide frequency range.
The actual size of this new Elegance dB9 is optimized for better performance with
respect to its predecessors of the Ceramique series. Moreover the beauty of the
design has been improved upon, by redesigning the stand and bottom, the redesign
of the front grill and many other small design details.
Living music
One of the many redesigned parts of the Elegance is the grill of the dB9. This new
improved grill is made detachable by embedded magnets to really have the freedom
to adapt the Elegance dB9 to your own style. With grill the Elegance gives an elegant
and luxury feeling, where the dB9 without grill shows the beauty of the new composite
drivers without actual showing that a grill could be attached. Therefore the Elegance
dB9 can easily blend in both contemporary as well as modern interiors.
Trimmable rings
The Elegance dB9 has the new special feature of trimmable luxury rings around the
drivers, which hide the mechanical screws of the driver. The unique feature is that the
rings are made magnetic and so can easily be interchanged with other versions of the
trimmable rings.
Connectors
New connectors have especially been designed for the Elegance series, which is done
for user convenience and for high pressure quality contact. As a result the Kharma
Binding Post system for the Elegance (KBPS-EL) can easily give great contact
pressure applied by just the twist of a hand.
Internal cabling
Very few loudspeakers can actually boast of pure silver internal wiring because of the
high cost of the silver. Though, the Elegance dB9 is fully loaded with ultra pure
silver, which provides endless detail over the whole frequency range.
Stand
A new Spike Disk Suspension System stand (SDSS-stand) has especially been
developed for the Elegance series. This beautiful new stand is made of composite
material with a shiny black finish, which is accentuated by a chrome disk and top
cover.

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Drivers
•High-frequency: 1 x 1-inch True Beryllium tweeter
•Mid-frequency: 1 x 7-inch Kharma Composite Driver (KCD)
•Low-frequency: 2 x 9-inch Aluminium woofer
The mid range of this speaker is formed by the 7-inch Kharma Composite driver which
is equipped with a new cone technology developed by Kharma. It consists of ultra
high-tech rocket science/formula 1 based fibres created into a setting with optimised
behaviour for the purpose. Finite element analysis with advanced computer systems
have leaded to optimised cone-shapes with a near perfect behaviour for a 7-inch
driver.
The effect of this innovation combined with the new development of a pure Beryllium
tweeter is very clearly audible in even a short listening session. Ultra high resolution in
the midrange depicting many layers and sound colours like in excellent wines, where
the complexity of the whole history of making the wine, can be tasted in a moment. It
is like the music is coming from an inner space with an infinite number of layering. No
mp3 allowed please, give full credit to these wonders

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Technical specifications
All new innovations and ideas have resulted in the technical specifications as given
below. However, these specifications are still subject to changes, but will give a good
indication till further notice.
Type: EL-dB9-1.0
System: 3-way
RMS power: 250 Watt
Program power: 500 Watt
Frequency range: 26 Hz – 30 kHz
Nominal impedance: 4 Ohm
Efficiency 2. 3V/1m: 9 dB
Maximum SPL: 113 dB

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Dimensions
The dimensions of the Elegance dB9 is in line with the performance it can deliver. The
impressive detailed bass of the dB9 is exactly what you expect from a speaker of this
size. This combined with the elegant design causes the dB9 to easily blend in your
living room.
Including stand
Width: 410
mm
/
16.14 inch
Height: 1041
mm
/
40.9 inch
Depth: 606
mm
/
23. 6 inch
Excluding stand
Width: 317
mm
/
12.4 inch
Height: 9 1
mm
/
3 .62 inch

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Advice
Advised amplifier
The recommended amplifier for the new Elegance dB9 is at the moment the Matrix
MP150 or the Exquisite MP1000 series.
Advised external cable
It is recommended to extend the Elegance dB9 with the cables from the Supreme
Reference series or higher Kharma cable series. The Kharma cables do offer a higher
synergy, simply because all Kharma loudspeakers have been voiced with Kharma cables
during development and also because it makes common sense that loudspeakers with
silver internal cabling should optimally be matched with silver external cables and all
Kharma cables are full silver cables.

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Product Program Structure
A Kharma product must not only have an unbelievable refined sound, which meets the
needs of a true music lover, but also must have an astonishing finish to compete with
the musicality of the system. As known by Kharma, every customer can have a taste
of its own. Therefore Kharma developed two programs to be able to fulfil all levels of
customization.
Primary Stock Program
This program has been targeted as to create the shortest possible delivery time for
the official Kharma products. This program is therefore based on the most popular
Kharma finishes, which have proven their looks in the past by many successful sales.
In this way we can deliver both the high refined sound as the astonishing finish that
can be expected from Kharma.
Primary Stock Program Cabinet colours *:
Kharma Optionary Program
The visual tuning in the Optionary Program will give the customer the opportunity to
choose between special selected Kharma colours. These colours have a higher level
of customization and therefore the delivery time will be slightly longer than a Stock
Program colour. There is only extra charge for the indicated special colour in this
program.
Kharma Optionary Program Cabinet colours *:
* Colours shown only give an indication of the real paint colour, contact your dealer for references.