They aren't very good speakers. Only got 4 stars out of 5.
https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/kudos-titan-505
https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/kudos-titan-505
Kudos Titan 505 Standmount speakers // One Of The Very Best Standmount Speakers ?
They aren't very good speakers. Only got 4 stars out of 5. https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/kudos-titan-505 |
Good eye there Kenjitt! I was about to think they might be nice speakers... thank god you were here to save the day and now no one has to be duped. Here are a few links to some speakers that actually do sound good! https://www.whathifi.com/us/reviews/sonos-multi-room-system https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.whathifi.com/us/amp/best-buys/best-bose-speakers-2020-portable-mult... https://www.whathifi.com/us/best-buys/headphones/best-budget-headphones |
Are we to simply blindly rely on a VERY subjective mag 4 star quantitative rating as the yardstick, or do we drill down a notch to their actual qualitative verdict as follows: “...The Kudos Titan 505s are seriously impressive performers, but their uncompromising upfront attitude won’t appeal to all...” The last seven words in the verdict quote above summarizes just about every speaker on the planet . I’ve demoed numerous KUDO speaker models at a dealer and liked them all. When paired with High-end LFD or NAIM upstream electronics, they excel ... full stop. Even the WHAT HI-Fi Review specifically emphasized that all speakers at this level positively demand high-quality sources and amplification. The NAIM suggested upstream components synergy with the TITANs is mirrored in a “5 stars” Review https://the-ear.net/review-hardware/kudos-titan-505-standmount-loudspeaker |
I auditioned the Kudos Titan 505s while in the UK. FIW, you can find my little report within the first post here: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/contemplating-devore-speakers-and-others-long-audition-report... |
These guys did a multi test with them against Focal and Paradigm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msaq4kCYclw Through my high end PC speaker setup all 3 sounded distinctly different, and the Kudos 505 sounded really good, my fav of the three. They do seem to have an upfront sound, as the What Hi-Fi review says accurately, but I would not dismiss them because of this. Great music selection by this youtube channel as well. |