"Diapason compact monitors stand as the bold antidote: a continuous stream of unadulterated music."
Matej Isak (Mono & Stereo) highlights the speakers' unique craftsmanship, innovative engineering, and ability to deliver an intimate and emotionally resonant listening experience
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Exceptional Craftsmanship: The cabinets are crafted from solid olive wood, a challenging material that provides a cabinet of "remarkable mass and density," translating to "audible gains in dynamics, speed, and tonal contrast." The resulting sound is described using the visual term “deep black.”
Sonic Disappearance: The design language, with its multi-faceted geometry, allows the speaker to "vanish and let the music take command," with a "mystique that goes well beyond the norm" in its ability to reveal spatial cues.
Pure, Tactile Bass: The proprietary Diapason Direct Drive woofer principle bypasses a traditional low-pass filter, resulting in bass "rendered with speed, realism, and tactile energy," delivering a "weightier and healthier impact than expected" for a compact speaker.
Emotional Connection: The speakers are praised for their "sheer ability to instantly reconnect the listener with the musical core," conveying the music with "exceptional intimacy" and command.
A Refined Sound: They are described as a "gem of a loudspeaker" that exhibits "unique control—never the kind that diminishes emotional connection," and are praised for conveying the "golden trinity of timbre, tone, and colour."
Transcends Size: The Karis III "surprisingly transcends the limitations of a typical mini-monitor," casting the music with unexpected solidity and scale.