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Font Name : KlinicSlab-Bold, KlinicSlab-Book, KlinicSlab-Light, KlinicSlab-Medium, Oswald-Bold, HelveticaNeue The larger diameter of the tweeter on the one hand increases mass, which drags down the high-frequency extension, but on the other hand means that the voice-coil diameter is larger, so there’s more wire in the gap, and thus potentially higher efficiency and higher power-handling, so there’s a bit of swings and roundabouts in play here. The impedance of the Chario Constellation MkII Lynx, as measured by Newport Test Labs, is shown in Graph 5 (red trace) along with the measured phase (light blue trace). You can see that despite being classified as a 4Ω speaker, the MkII Lynx’s impedance drops below 4Ω between 130Hz and 325Hz and is just 3Ω at 180Hz. Save for the resonant peaks, the entire impedance is below 8Ω across the audio band. The phase angle is very well-controlled, remaining within ±30° right across the measured range, save for one small -45° displacement at 110Hz.
These are certainly very ‘Italian-looking’ speakers, not because they’re made in Italy, but because they look so similar to speakers made by Italy’s most famous loudspeaker manufacturer, Sonus Faber.As a general rule, if a recall involves a branded product, the manufacturer would usually have lead responsibility for the recall action. The crossover point between the tweeter and the bass/midrange driver is at 1.5kHz, a frequency that’s the same as the Delphinus. In this case, because the MkII Lynx has a smaller driver, it theoretically is more easily able to get up to this frequency, albeit at the cost of losing some extension in the low frequencies because of the reduced cone excursion and smaller cone area. What may also come as a surprise is that despite Chario’s own “not more than 14 square metres” advice, and my own “small rooms only” note in the plus/minus panel, I think that if you listen at lowish to moderate volume levels, you could quite successfully use these speakers in larger rooms. Plus, of course, if you like the look and the sound, you could always step up to the larger Chario MkII Delphinus. If you really want deep bass, you’d be advised to use a subwoofer with these Charios and as I had a couple on hand for review I was able to experiment with how well they integrated with the MkII Lynx. I was impressed by how easy it was both with the two review loaner subs and also with my own subwoofer. If you become aware that an item you own has been recalled or has any safety noticed issued against it, make sure you follow the instructions given to you by the manufacturer.
Whereas some manufacturers will insist that their smallest pair of speakers could be used in a football stadium, Chario is pretty specific about the size of the room it recommends for the Lynx, saying “not more than 14 square metres, and not less than 6 square metres”. It’s a bit sad that so few people have ever heard the original version of this song, which was composed and recorded by the Alice Cooper of his day, Jalacy Hawkins. And if you’d like to hear more modern versions of it, I rather like the covers by Annie Lennox and by Bette Midler. History Software Agent : Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 (Macintosh), Adobe Illustrator CC 2017 (Macintosh) But full marks to Chario for being realistic about room acoustics. It’s just a simple matter of physics that as room size increases, so too does the need for loudspeakers to have larger bass drivers and larger cabinets. But it’s physics that most speaker manufacturers choose to ignore or gloss over entirely in their quest for increased sales at any cost. Chario is obviously more interested in having satisfied customers than in increasing its sales figures at any cost.The chassis of the Mk II Lynx’s bass/midrange driver chassis is not actually round, which makes any single-figure measurement of it rather misleading. It would seem that the 130mm dimension quoted by Chario is the distance between the screw mounting holes on the chassis, which is a pretty common method of stating driver diameter. However, if you want to hang some more revealing figures on the size of the bass/midrange driver, it’s 135mm across horizontally and 152mm from corner edge to corner edge. I said the Constellation MkII Lynx’s tweeter was ‘oddly large’ because in a world where the 25mm diameter dome tweeter reigns supreme (though of course, there are exceptions), the Lynx’s soft-dome tweeter is 38mm in diameter.
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