CHARIO Constellation Cygnus

The walnut is combined with the strip of sprayed suede-like structural paint that runs from the back to the front baffle. You need to touch the cabinets to feel the difference - the Constellation Cygnus is not your usual speaker.  The sprayed suede covers MDF boards that are used for their better damping properties.

The binding posts (no bi-wiring here) are quite far from the floor, 80cm, so future owner's wallet will get thinner by additional amount that needs to be paid for extra lengths of speaker cables. But for those who replace a stand mount speaker there is no change, of course. Also, the Cosntellation Cygnus are quite lightweight with only 17kg, so the too high fitted terminals have tendency to knock the cabinets over with heavier speaker cables.

The Cygnus is a 3-way speaker with a reflex port. The 13cm woofer is mounted to the bottom of the cabinet and fires to the floor. The midrange shares with the woofer the cellulose cone. The tweeter of the Chario sits in the center of a small waveguide. It is cooled by an aluminum heatsink and filtered by the 4th order crossover that Chario uses ti improve the dispersion of the speakers. The crossover frequency is quite low, 1500Hz, where most competitors use 2.5-3kHz.