For Sale : Audioplan Kontrast 3 Speakers

Reviewed very favourably by Roy Gregory (hifi plus) these Audioplan Kontrast speakers are very rare and special. Drivers have just been replaced so they are in excellent working condition. Finished in Mahogany they look stunning and are in excellent cosmetic condition.

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Serial no. - 2si3012

Google for more info on these speakers.

Complete with boxes so happy to ship, currently located in County Cork, Ireland.

Selling on behalf of a friend, but PM me if interest.

£2300 ono.

 

Now open to sensible offers

 

Last price drop to £1400.00. Will try and post some magazine reviews in the next couple of days if we can dig them out.

 

I had a pair of these and thourght they were fantastic,really good price.

 

Thanks for the input Mole. If they don't sell before September, the seller is bringing them up to me where I can get a good listen myself. So I am kinda hoping they don't sell, as I am looking forward to it and you never know I may be buying them myself yet.

 

Posted an email to Audioplan to confirm the spec, they replied saying that they are pretty much the same as the current model.

See spec sheet for latest model here - http://www.audioplan.eu/00e_print/Aud_KontrastV_e.pdf

Also a review here - http://www.ikonaudioconsultants.com/HiFi plus review Kontrast V in Issue 66 July 2009.pdf

 

I've some Kontrast IIs that are very nice - I wonder what the difference is between them sound-wise. Superbly made too with top quality wiring and x-overs set in resin.

Kontrast IIIs look like a re-design with the front port and new drivers.

 

I haven't heard them myself yet, but hope to in the next couple of weeks (if they don't sell of course). I also hope to have a copy of a magazine review of the exact model to scan and post up here in the next day or so. That may give some clues on their differences.

From what I can gather though, the III's seen quite a bit bigger but a similar design. Therefore, providing a similar kind of sound but more so. Not a very scientific answer I know, but all I can suggest not having yet heard them.

 

Hifi + Review

Hifi+ review scans below -

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thanks for looking,

Jon

 

Now £1200.00 + delivery.

 

Ok, there isn't much info available on the internet for these, so I am going to help you out.

The latest model mk4's retail at about £7000.00. These were purchased with damaged drivers from the original owner for €1500.00. The drivers were damaged by a faulty Lavardin amplifier, which had previously damaged other speakers as well - ProAcs I believe.

New drivers were purchased and fitted at a cost of £700.00. Therefore, the speakers currently owe the owner approx £2000.00.

We originally advertised the speakers just before Christmas last year for €2500 inc. delivery. We then didn't try again until about July this year I think, at which point we dropped the price to approx £2000. Since then we have slowly been dropping the price, but we are now at the lowest the seller is willing to sell for. As mentioned the speakers are in Ireland, so we can ship to the UK for £1325.00.

These speakers will suit a small to medium sized room and have a sensitivity of 89db and a very easy 8 ohm load. Therefore, any amplifier partnered with them will have a very easy time, they don't require lots of current or watts. So you can partner them with a little Nait or Valve amp if you please. So unlike many other vastly expensive speakers, you don't need to partner them with a vastly expensive amp.

So, you would be getting a £7k as new speaker for the price of an average B&W, Neat, ProAc, Spendor etc, etc. You could buy a very good amp for £800 to go with this, so an amp / speaker setup for about £2k which would provide years of beautiful service. I was thinking of a Naim Nait XS for sale on PFM only last week to partner with them.

The soundstage is phenomenal (the best I have heard from any speaker), the mid is a little warmer than neutral and the bass is aplenty with sweet, extended treble.

They are a max. of 6 years old apparently, but they look as good as new. The finish of the cabinet is easily the best I have seen on any other speaker and the new drivers are not even run in yet. I have the original boxes and packaging which is all in good condition, so can ship anywhere.

The only reason I am getting anxious in selling them is they keep winking at me and I am thinking more and more about taking them myself. There are only two things stopping me really -

1) We might be making my current music room into an office for two people and associated kit, so I may have to move out of that room (into which room I don't yet know). So, its a bit premature to start choosing speakers.

2) I bought the ATC amp new to go with the speakers and I am loathed to sell it on at what would be a loss. It would be wasted on the Kontrasts as they don't need an amp as good as the ATC.

So there you have it, that's pretty much all I know about them. There is a Roy Gregory Hifi+ review here, which may help as well -





I am confident they will go and at this price as there has been a real surge of interest since the price drop to £1200 at the weekend, it's just a matter of who will get in there first?

 

Sale pending