Canton Reference Any opininion?

I own dc 2.2 reference , love them so much I recently purchased a pristine pair of dc 7.2 for my smaller room wonderful deep sounds stage incredible tight base extremely non-fatiguing. I cannot say enough good things about Canton speakers

I own dc 2.2 reference , love them so much I recently purchased a pristine pair of dc 7.2 for my smaller room wonderful deep sounds stage incredible tight base extremely non-fatiguing. I cannot say enough good things about Canton speakers

The Canton's are simply excellent speakers that excel at everything. I own the Ref. 7's the Ref. 9's and the Chronos. I have powered the 7's with many different amplifiers including the cheap Douk and Fosi, I have used Carver's reference, Dartzeel NHB 108 and various tube amplifiers. They seem immune from producing bad sound given that the ampls and interconnects are good. I used mainly Kimber for the Kables and various pre-amps. Yes, I'm sold. I don't just endorse them - I own them. Other speakers that I own include YG's Sonja 2.3, Q-Acoustics, Dali and some Elac's. I power the 9's with a Krell in my bedroom. They replaced B&W Silver Signatures, Chord's and Kef's. That is really how pleasing they sound. The other speakers were excellent but they didn't have the qualities of the tweeter in the Canton's which I find utterly non-fatiguing. I did try a hot cable on them one time and they did get shrill when turned up but it was obviously not the speaker but the cables as no other cables brought this out.

The transparency is you are there and the tweeter is a slice of heaven. The 7's only have a slightly larger than 6" drivers. The bass is fast and accurate under 92db.The midrange and the tweeter are the same that they use on all of their speakers including the Reference 1's. They are priced competitively and occasionally they come up on the used market. If and when some Ref. 2's or Ref. 1's become available I will pull the trigger.

Chiming in to agree that Canton makes excellent speakers. Maybe not quite as flashy as some of the other brands out there, but every set I've ever heard from the more affordable to the reference models has been exceptional. 

I think some people (myself included since I don't own any) overlook them for a few reasons. They are a big brand but not necessarily as popular in every region. They look pretty tame or traditional and don't have crazy cabinet shapes and materials. And they are rarely flavor of the month status like certain brands manage to become. Still, they seem like a really safe bet if you want to stop messing around and just buy a speaker to enjoy for the next decade or two.