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When Pop got as elevated and carefully mastered as the French team of Daft Punk with Random Access Memories, the Kelinac kicked into high gear. "Lose yourself to dance" pretty much revealed everything about 'em there was to say – pressurized non-fat bass, propulsive whipper-snap timing, clear structuring of multi-layered electro-pop carpeting. It all clicked in like a clutch and reconfirmed a core strength: tonal balance with an always emotional, coherent very lively delivery.
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Conclusion. Quickened, musically involving, emotionally stimulating – Kelinac's biggest is a speaker for connoisseurs but your favored music genre doesn't factor. Be it Karajan and Beethoven's nine symphonies or Tori Amos tickling the ivories like an elf, the KEL 711MG involves you in the action rather than remains the aloof bystander.
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Even so there's precise sorting of large ensembles and a clear impression of the recorded venue with classical. The big picture remains intact like a living breathing being. Less ambitious clearly compromised Rock/Pop production stay palatable with verve and wiry drive rather than feel starved and flat. Hence pretty much any music fan should feel well served. That the low bass doesn't go as far as cubic volume and driver array promise is easily forgiven. That's because it's made up for by exemplary articulation, precision and a dry snarling take on the bass. On macrodynamics the market has more explosive alternatives than Kelinac's best. In toto this presentation celebrates homogeneity which after long sessions never tires but stays charming. In any case this is an impressive French example of the speaker art which should enrich our domestically marketed repertoire in its category.
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Psych profile of Kelinac's KEL 711MG:
• Relative to size, volume, twinned woofers and large-diameter port, one expects more low-bass shove even vis-à-vis competitors. That said nothing seems missing because the bass is enormously articulate and accurate, dry but growly and endowed with a feathery ease which imbues the entire picture with a lively charm.
• The midband too majors on precision. Teamed with silky realism where piano arpeggios and vocals get pearlescent, there is a full palette of colors and nuance which never dominate but embed themselves coherently.
• The treble's Magnesium dome impresses with how good-natured it pursues fine detail without oversalting the stew with glitter. Even clearly compressed albums reveal believable upper harmonics and whilst the productions' weaknesses are exposed, the musical fun doesn't suffer.
• The biggest Kelinac expresses terrific timing and PraT to underscore engulfing liveliness. Macrodynamic swings are digested without stress though on raw explosive shove like the Berlin Philharmonic's tympani more remains possible.
• Soundstaging is generous, airy and cleanly layered as one expects for the price. The sorting of the virtual stage is precise. Properly set up listeners outside the exact sweet spot still get a full dose.
Facts.
• Type: 3-way passive bass reflex tower
• Weight and dimensions: 210 x 1160 x 300mm (WxHxD), 31kg
• Trim: Real Cherry veneer, black or white lacquer (add €300), all RAL colors (add €500)
• Warranty: 10 years
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