TAD’s point-source sound philosophy.
Re-defined.
With the flagship TAD Reference One,
TAD gained the whole-hearted trust and
respect of many of the world’s top artists
and recording engineers. As the ultimate
realization of the point-source sound concept,
it was created by merging advanced
technologies with our decades of engineering
experience. Now we have reached a new
zenith with the TAD Compact Reference,
which takes advantage of all of the top-level
technologies that went into the flagship model.
Our objective was to achieve, in a compact
size, point-source sound of such high quality
that listeners will forget about the existence
of the speaker. Its extraordinary sound will
surely exceed your expectations.
TAD’s pursuit of the ideal point-source sound achieves another milestone.
Our coaxial CST Driver, which received widespread recognition with the TAD Reference One,
provides a solution for turning our unique sound theory into reality.
The TAD Compact Reference is a compact speaker with unlimited possibilities.
The refined CST Driver achieves wide-range
reproduction and superior directivity control.
The CST (Coherent Source Transducer) is an advanced coaxial
speaker designed to control the drive unit’s response and
directivity over a wide frequency range. A design based on
detailed simulations gives the midrange cone superior acoustic
characteristics. The concentric configuration controls the
directivity of the tweeter to match the midrange. This unifies the
acoustic center of the tweeter and midrange, reconciling
response and directional characteristics through the crossover
range. The resulting ultra wide range reproduction from 250Hz to
100kHz is accompanied by a consistent directivity pattern that
results in extremely clear and stable imaging over a wide
frequency range, for incredibly natural sounding reproduction.
ISO drive technology draws out
the full potential of the CST Driver.
In order to maximize the performance of the CST Driver and
preserve accurate sound reproduction, TAD’s ISO (isolation)
technology includes a mechanism to prevent driver unit
vibration from entering the enclosure by structurally separating
the CST Driver from the enclosure. Thanks to this unique
construction the CST driver is isolated from powerful low
frequency vibrations and its considerable drive capability is
prevented from exciting the enclosure. This reduces the
radiation of secondary sound allowing for minute details in the
sound to be precisely delivered.
The beryllium diaphragm: using TAD’s vapor
deposition technique achieves the ideal characteristics.
The tweeter dome and midrange cone are constructed of beryllium,
whose light weight and rigid properties make it perfectly suited for mid
and high frequency sound reproduction. The vapor deposition
technique developed by TAD and refined over three decades provides
strength, uniformity and damping to achieve a new level of quality in a
diaphragm. The shape of the tweeter is optimized through a computer
analysis process known as HSDOM (Harmonized Synthetic
Diaphragm Optimum Method), ensuring control of differential vibration
and response to as high as 100kHz. The design of the midrange cone
was derived from boundary and finite-element analysis to be the ideal
partner for the tweeter and provide sound that is astonishingly
transparent, direct and precise across a wide frequency range.
A speaker capable of conveying
all the subtle nuances of
the artist’s performance
and expressiveness.
