exquisite extreme grand

EXQUISITE EXTREME GRAND
Loudspeaker system
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Exquisite Extreme Grand
Description
New materials and new techniques gave us the wings to further approach reality as
the absolute reference in the Kharma Exquisite Collection. The far-reaching attention
to detail makes this speaker range a class of its own. Now this extraordinary
collection is extended with the Exquisite Extreme Grand, which will only have reality
as a true competitor. The incredible attention to detail gave this new Extreme Grand
the opportunity to materialize the absolute end of the high-end in audio. The Exquisite
Grand already had claimed this extraordinary level, but Kharma proves again with this
successor that we go beyond limits of audio engineering.
The Exquisite Extreme Grand is the first ultra high-end loudspeaker in the world that is
totally driven by composed based drivers. All these composed based drivers are
especially developed by Kharma to realize the first Kharma loudspeaker that is totally
driven by in-house developed drivers. As a result a new loudspeaker, which will once
again extend the absolute end of high-end audio to a level beyond imagination and
only has to compete with reality.
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Features
The Exquisite Extreme Grand is the successor of the Exquisite Grand, which was up
till now the most sophisticated dynamic loudspeaker system in the world. However,
the Extreme Grand takes in this place with pride. It is a virtual point-source system,
where the centre Diamond tweeters project the image very precise with incredible
stage depth, height and width.
The human hearing perceives the whole sound field from the Extreme Grand as if
being emanated from a single point that contributes to a very natural soundstage,
sometimes small when recording space was small, sometimes very large when the
recording was like that.
Cabinet
The massive cabinet is made of high pressure laminate (HPL) in a multi-layer
construction. The cabinet is a piece of art in every way, from the use of perfect
materials to construction and finish, all are exceptional. The use of HPL plates causes
the mechanical vibrations of the cabinet to damp to almost zero.
This damping of the mechanical vibrations of the cabinet is important, because the
cabinet should absolutely have no contribution to the sound field itself. For this
reason the cabinet should not emanate vibrations, which is realised by the material of
the cabinet.
Moreover all energy from the drivers that is trapped inside the loudspeaker should be
absorbed by the cabinet. This is realised by the combination of the extreme dense
HPL multi-layer construction and sophisticated acoustical damping. The acoustical
damping is capable to absorb the energy in a wide frequency spectrum.
Crossover
This Exquisite loudspeaker can only achieve astonishing musicality by using complex
crossover techniques, which can be seen as the beating heart of this loudspeaker.
This complex in-house developed crossover will lead all drivers to the right music
composition.
Therefore the crossover can be seen as an orchestra conductor, which will have to
turn the information received through the loudspeaker cable into a musical spectacle
as if it was read from a music sheet.
Kharma has mastered the art of retaining musical wholeness with the proprietary
crossover technique used in the Exquisite Extreme Grand. This technique is seldom
used by other manufacturers because of its complexity. This results in the Kharma
crossover where simply is no gap in information.
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Stand
Mechanical residual vibrations of the cabinet are terminated by the Spike Disk
Suspension System (SDSS) by minimising the contact area between the cabinet and
the floor. The SDSS stand also provides a fixed and levelled orientation for the cabinet
drivers, because each spike can be adjusted individually in the vertical direction.
Signature treatment
The Extreme Grand Exquisite comes with the Signature treatment of Kharma, which is
first of all implemented to improve the structure born vibrational properties of the
driver chassis and secondly to enhance the magnetical field handling as well as
proprietary techniques.
Furthermore the incredible attention to detail has led to the use of pure silver and gold
metallurgic alloys for internal cabling. These internal cables have been refined by
proprietary Kharma processes, which are belonging exclusively to the Signature
treatment. As a result the Extreme Grand Exquisite has now struck an unbelievable
level of detail.
The connection of this loudspeaker is executed in the Silver/ Gold Signature version
of the Kharma Binding Post System (KBPS-SGS). The connection is made of very
pure, solid silver/gold alloy, which has exactly the same metallurgical alloy as the
Kharma cables. In addition the connection is also treated with the proprietary
treatments of Kharma to influence the conductance behaviour.
With this all we realise an uninterrupted chain of pure silver/gold conductors from
amplifier to driver. Although this extra reward for the musicality of the system can only
be achieved when the advised amplifier and external cable are used.
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Drivers
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High-frequency:
2 x 1-inch Diamond concave tweeter
High / Mid-frequency: 2 x 4-inch Ultra-High Modulus Kharma Composite Driver
Mid-frequency:
2 x 7-inch Kharma Omega 7 driver
Low-frequency:
2 x 15-inch High Modulus Sandwich 10 mm thickness
Kharma Composite Driver
The Extreme Grand is totally equipped with composite based drivers and therefore is
unique in the world. All loudspeakers in the Exquisite Collection were already
equipped with Diamond tweeters, but now Kharma has even gone one step further by
this new feature.
High Modulus drivers
The 15-inch woofers, the High Modulus Sandwich Kharma Composite Drivers, are
especially developed to be able to deliver a very detailed bass. These woofers are
equipped with a new cone technology developed by Kharma. It consists of ultra hightech rocket science/formula 1 based fibres.
Kharma Omega 7 driver
The midrange of this speaker is formed by our in-house developed Kharma Omega 7
driver, where the number is referring to the 7-inch size of this carbon based driver.
The new cone technology used for the Omega 7 driver is based on Ultra High Modulus
carbon fibres, which is the best fibre available on the globe today. The use of these
ultra stiff carbon fibres and an unique resin displaces the break-up frequencies of the
cone, in comparison with a standard cone material, to a whole other level. These
increased break-up frequencies ensures the cone is free from almost all resonances in
the intended frequency range for this midrange driver. Moreover, the cone shape is
optimized with a finite element analysis to utilize the full potential of the carbon
material. This combination of the best carbon fibre and an optimized cone shape has
resulted in a near perfect behaviour for the Kharma Omega 7 driver.
4-inch Ultra-High Modulus driver
The Ultra-High Modulus 4-inch composite drivers are also made of the fine ultra hightech fibre, which as a consequence increases the stiffness of the cones in comparison
with other cone materials. This obtained extra stiffness is utilized to produce the midand high-frequency range with incredible detail.
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Diamond concave tweeter
Without a doubt the quality is guaranteed by using two Diamond tweeters as a
standard in the Exquisite Extreme Grand. These high-frequency drivers are true
technological wonders. The tweeters have a diamond cone which have been realised
by the so called CVD process. With this process incredible stiffness is reached with a
minimum of thickness of only 50 μm. Notice a human hair is in the range of 17 to 180
μm. The cone is the most essential part of the tweeter and because this cone is made
of Diamond the tweeter is capable to create impressively pure high frequencies.
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Technical specifications
The technical specifications expose the uncompromised design of the Exquisite
Extreme Grand. This is especially stressed by the wide frequency spectrum the
loudspeaker can produce. In this way this loudspeaker has only reality as a real
competitor.
Type:
System:
RMS power:
Program power:
Frequency range:
Nominal impedance:
Minimal impedance:
Efficiency 2.83V/1m:
Maximum SPL:
EXQ-EXGR-1.0-S
5-way
1250 Watt
2500 Watt
18 Hz – 90 kHz
4 Ohm
2 – 4 Ohm
92 dB
123 dB
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Dimensions
The Exquisite Extreme Grand has extreme physical dimensions, which are as
impressive as the musical performance this loudspeaker has to offer. With these
dimensions the Exquisite Extreme Grand has the unique capacity to portray musical
recordings in their realistic size in large rooms.
Including stand
Width:
Height:
Depth:
550 mm / 21.65 inch
2219 mm / 87.36 inch
845 mm / 33.27 inch
Excluding stand
Width:
Height:
Depth:
475 mm / 18.70 inch
2116 mm / 83.31 inch
680 mm / 26.77 inch
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Advice
Advised amplifier
The recommend amplifier for the Exquisite Extreme Grand is the Kharma MP1000
Ultimate. There are several reasons why we recommend MP1000 Ultimate as amplifier
for the Exquisite Extreme Grand.
First of all it has sufficient power to drive the Exquisite Extreme Grand to its full
capacity, allowing you to drive the system in both small and large spaces. The
MP1000 Ultimate has an almost infinite damping factor which allows a very well
controlled bass, which is why even a large Exquisite Extreme Grand can be used in a
limited sized room and still fulfil all audiophile wishes. A tube based power amp would
create too much base in a small room.
The second reason is that the system has been voiced in with MP1000 Ultimate
amplifiers during many listening sections. Although during development we use
several top quality brands as amplifiers to drive our loudspeakers, we optimise the
sound of Kharma with our own amplifiers. This will result in a system which exactly
performs like we want it to.
Advised external cable
The Flagship series of the Exquisite Collection, where the Exquisite Extreme Grand
belongs to, has an uncompromised design to the finest detail. For this reason there
can only be put justice to the quality of the Extreme Grand, when the used external
cable is also uncompromised to the highest level. Therefore the Enigma Signature
cable series is advised to complement the ultra high-end sound of the Exquisite
Extreme Grand.
First of all we use in our external cables the same quality conductors and isolators as
internal. So you get a sonic match. Furthermore an important reason for using these
cables is that you will get exactly the sound that the Kharma team had in mind during
the development of both the loudspeaker and the cables.
For the true connoisseurs of musical art, Kharma offers the possibility to even go one
step further by complementing their Exquisite Extreme Grand with the Enigma
Extreme Signature cable series.
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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 three 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.
Stock Program: Paint Colour
Stock Program: Panel Material
* Colours / Materials shown only give an indication of the real paint colour / panel material,
contact your dealer for references.
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Kharma Optionary Program
The Kharma Optionary Program gives the freedom to tune the system both visual, to
personalize the look of your speaker, as well as technical, to further refine the
astonishing sound of your speaker.
The visual tuning in the Optionary Program will give the customer the opportunity to
choose between special selected Kharma colours and panel materials. These finishes
have a higher level of customization and therefore the delivery time will be slightly
longer than in the Stock Program. There is no extra charge for the Optionary paint
colours, except for the colour indicated as special. The technical updates and panel
finishes in this program will bring extra costs and can vary per option.
Optionary Program: Paint Colour
Optionary Program: Panel Material
Optionary Program: Technical Updates
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Extreme Signature treatment
Diamond Stand
* Colours / Materials shown only give an indication of the real paint colour / panel material,
contact your dealer for references.
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Kharma Privileges Program
The Privileges program gives access to the most exclusive treatment Kharma has to
offer, which only can be accessed by the happy few who purchase a loudspeaker
from the Exquisite Collection. The main high-lights of the Privileges Program:
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Lifetime Guarantee first owner
All Privileges Program products will be individually tuned. This can be
compared with automobile tuning, where absolute synchrony in power and
shifting for optimal acceleration and performance is reached by this treatment.
In practise the Kharma tuning is an iteration of tweaking the product on
individual basis and executing extended listening tests.
Technical customization comprising the enhancement of the sound quality of
the product can be arranged in consultation with the customer.
No limitations on visual customization:
o Any desired cabinet paint colour is possible
o Panel finishes can be of any type of leather, carbon and lasercutted
wooden panels with special inlay of other wood types, pearls, gold
and/or silver. There is simply no limitation.
o Customizable flanges and spike cones. These flanges and spike cones
can be matched with the panel finish or matched to any other desire.
o The product can be monogrammed on different manners.
Set-up by qualified Certified Technician, which has achieved training from
Kharma International
2 year Concierge Service, including acoustic advises.
Lifetime Kharma Platinum membership, including amongst other exclusive
invitations for major Kharma events.
The main rule of engagement for this program is to pay full price only once in a
lifetime. Once you entered this program a special arrangement will be made
when you want to upgrade to a higher model of the Exquisite Collection. When
you are interested in this program, feel free to ask for the extensive conditions.
A glimpse of what is possible
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