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GRADIENT 1.4 - SPEAKER PAIR

GRADIENT 1.4 - SPEAKER PAIR

For sale: a very clean, white Gradient 1.4 speaker pair received in trade-in. The speakers are in near-mint condition! We offer a 24-month warranty — the same as for a brand-new pair. The speakers can be seen and auditioned at the Gradient Store in Porvoo. Free shipping within the EU.

The Absolute Sound Best Loudspeakers $5,000 – $10,000

By TAS Staff

As in the original Gradient models decades ago, the bass here is generated by a floor-firing woofer, giving half-space directivity. Further up, the mids and highs are produced by a coaxial mid/tweeter assembly in a flow-resistance spherical enclosure, which attenuates the back radiation. The result is a speaker with remarkable indifference to the room around it and an almost uncanny ability to “disappear” as an apparent source. Unusual but elegant in appearance, these relatively small speakers produce abundant sound for rooms of moderate size with excellent balance and superb stereo behavior.

The Absolute Sound, September 2022

Robert E. Greene

It is a really good speaker, but it is more
than just good. It presents a new way of thinking about how
a speaker can work in a room.

High Fidelity, June 2018.

Wojciech Pacula

These are fantastic loudspeakers for long, relaxed listening in any acoustic environment.

Hifi Maailma, 04/2018

Pekka Tuomela

Äänellisesti 1.4 on varsin yleispätevä toisin kuin jotkin muut valtavirrasta poikkeavia rakenteita soveltavat kaiuttimet. Mielyttävän sointitasapainon lisäksi sen toistossa on ilmavuutta ja syvyyttä. Kotelon pyöreys ja vapaasti lepäävä yläosa mahdollistavat äänen suuntaamisen halutulla tavalla muuttamatta visuaalista vaikutelmaa. Gradient 1.4 on sekä muodoiltaan että äänenlaadultaan nykyaikainen laatukaiutin. Se on onnistunut juhlistamaan yrityksen 35-vuotista historiaa

Best Sound in the Audio Video Show

Warsaw, Nov 2018

Tekniikan Maailma, 22/2018

Risto Niska

The only problem, and finally the challenge in the test, was the attempt to find music that 1.4 would not play excellently. Despite numerous trials even with bad recordings, no such music was found at all!

The Absolute Sound, September 2022

Robert E. Greene

The Gradient 1.4s are thrifty, indeed, in the realm of high-end prices. And there really are no other speakers that I know of that can do exactly what they do. Like their ancestors, the Gradient 1.3s, they present the sound of recordings in a unique way.

Hörerlebnis, no. 109

Meik Wippermann

Gradient 1.4 is the first loudspeaker that really makes music in my acoustically problematic L-shaped living room with more than 50 square meters of floor space with various reflective glass surfaces and parquet flooring.

Stereoplay, 2/2020

Malte Ruhnke

When it comes to sound image one of the biggest and most natural loudspeakers money can buy.

The Absolute Sound, September 2022

Robert E. Greene

If you are really serious about getting your room out of your system and hearing recordings as they actually are, the Gradient 1.4s are, in the words of the Michelin Guides, worth a journey.

LowBeats, 3/2020

Holger Biermann

The Gradient 1.4 is one of the most exciting, sonorous and yes: most attractive floorstanding loudspeakers below 10.000 euros.

INNER, April 2018

Kari Nevalainen

What can I say? Competent and convincing! Very much so. Very systematic. Disarming in their own original way. Those were the first words that leaped to my mind.

Specifications
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Specifications

Make and model: Gradient 1.4

Frequency response: 30-20000Hz +/-2dB, high frequency limit above 50kHz.

Crossover frequency: 200Hz and 2500Hz

Impedance: 4 ohm

Recommended amplifier power: 50-250W

Sensitivity: 87dB/2,83V/1m

Drivers: 1x220mm long throw woofer, 176mm pre-coated reed-paper cone midrange, coaxial Al/Mg dome 25mm.

Radiation patterns: Bass: sphere, midrange & treble: cardioid

Features: Adjustable listening angle for midrange and treble. Bi-amping as an option.

Connectors: Binding posts

Dimensions (WHD): 32 x 92 x 32cm

Weight: 15kg

Room size: Medium - Large

Suitable for home cinema: Yes

Made in: Finland

Downloads

Gradient 1.4 käyttöohje

User guide in Finnish

Download (1.26MB)

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