CANTON KARAT 200 REFINISHED RARE 8 OHM DARK CHERRY BEAUTIFUL

RARE 8 OHM version Canton Karat 200's.  3 way speakers. Part of the Karat 100, 200, 300 series from the late 80's.  Absolutely beautiful dark Cherry finish with Dark Bronze grills.  The original finish was Walnut with light Bronze grills.  I refinished these about 1 year ago and have really enjoyed them.  They have always been on high end Luxman amps and tubes amps, some as low as 4 1/2 watts per channel.  Very efficient speakers at 90.2 db.  Canton produces some of the most accurate speakers around.  Very full bass from a large bookshelf speaker.  They did not make many 8 OHM speakers so if you have amps that do not handle 4 OHM loads then look at these.  Close to $1000 a pair US dollars in their day.
Is your wife giving you grief on vintage speakers.  Get these wife approved gems with a modern look to them.  Check out the Matching Plus S and GL-260's I have on eBay.  I would be willing to make a deal on all 3 pairs.  You can see all of them in the last picture.
Buying a 3 way Canton new, with real Cherry wood is going to run you about $3,000 today.  I was proud to be featured twice on Audiogon for my restoration work on vintage speakers and amps. You can see some of my work on manzaudio.com. I am also refinishing some Canton Plus S and GL-260's in the same Cherry finish that will be for sale soon.  I am only selling because we have remodeled and my wife wants a Beech/maple set up in out lower TV room.  So that means all the dark Cherry is for sale. 
Based on weight and over sized boxes to allow for extra materials inside, shipping will be a flat $80 for both boxes.

• Manufacturer: Canton


• Model: 200 Karats


• Year of construction: 1986 - 1987


• Manufactured in: Germany


• Color: black, white, walnut


• Dimensions: 265 x 420 x 250 mm (WxHxD) 10.5" x 16.5 x 19.8


• Weight: 9 kg- 20lbs


• Original price ca .: 1100, - DM (EIA pair)

Specifications

• Type: 3-way closed, compact speaker


• Chassis:
  
  
  • Woofer: 220 mm
  
  
  • Midrange: 28 mm dome
  
  
  • Tweeter: 20 mm dome
  
  
  
  


• Endurance: 70/100 W (Nominal / musical output)


• Efficiency: 90.2 dB


• Frequency response:


• Frequency response: 28-30000 Hzay


• Transition regions: 900/3600 Hz


• Impedance: 4 ohms (also known as 8 ohm version available)

The speakers will be shipped in 2, separate, heavy duty boxes encased in bubble and Styrofoam all around.  I don't sell a lot on Audiogon but I mostly sell rare and re-finsihed/refurbished items.  I have 100% feedback on all 3 audio sites. I have been featured on Audiogon twice for 2 extreme restoration projects. If you would like to see more examples of my work go to manzaudio.com

Special Features

• removable front grille

Comments

Other models of the same series:

• Karat 100


• Karat 200


• Karat 300

Previous model:

• Quinto 520

Successor models:

• Karat 30

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