Australia's leading loudspeaker manufacturer
Legend Acoustics' mission is to provide world-class loudspeakers, both in build and sound quality, so that you can experience maximum and long-lasting emotional enjoyment from your music and home theatre.
Our cabinets are made in Australia by a cabinet-maker who has long practice as well as innovative manufacturing techniques. Our drivers are carefully sourced from leading manufacturers before extensive modification by us. And our crossovers employ the finest electronic components from around the world. Finally each loudspeaker is assembled in Australia at a single work-station and rigorously tested both by listening and by computer-controlled measurements.
But world-class loudspeakers require designing a whole that is more than the sum of the parts. Achieving such synergy requires, firstly, a passion for what live music really sounds like and, secondly, a deep understanding of loudspeaker design that comes from long experience and comprehensive knowledge of the physics involved.
Thus we create in Australia the famous "fast, open, natural sound" of Legend loudspeakers. They enable you to hear your music & home theatre as it was recorded and not through a layer of hard distortion - or with 3 tea-spoons of sweetener added to everything! Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer” will sound raucous; while Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” will sound ephemeral. Your emotional enjoyment will depend only on the content and quality of your CDs, DVDs and other sources. Please explore our website to find out more.
Dr Rod Crawford
for Legend Acoustics
Latest News
DEQX PDCs in award-winning Big Reds upgraded to HD status
Legend have now upgraded all DEQX PDC3s to new HD status for your listening pleasure of the award-winning Big Red loudspeakers at Carlton Audio Visual (03 9639 2737), at DEQX in Sydney (02 9905 6277) and Legend Acoustics in Tasmania (03 6266 3600). For more details of the Big Reds please click here.
Kama 6 review
Reviewing the Kama 6s, editor of 'Audio & Video Lifestyle' magazine Nic Tatham enthused "The twin 130 mm drivers generate generous bass, which is also tight and tuneful ... the treble and midrange offer outstanding detail and transparancy ... while dynamics remain superbly handled ....(and they) do so in a coherent and seemless manner, allowing the tracks to flow. These aren't loudspeakers that you can easily pidgeonhole; they're equally at home with a big orchestral piece as grungy rock. Solo piano .... is one of the hardest instruments to faithfully replicate. The piano sounded as though it was being brought to life....(and) tremendously emotional on the Legends, just as it should do." For the full review please click here and for more details of the Kamas please click here.
Launch of series 6 loudspeakers
Legend Acoustics have just launched the series 6 versions of their popular floor-standing Kama, book-shelf Joey & centre Kanga loudspeakers . For more details please click here.
Legend's Big Red wins prestigious award
At the annual Sound & Image/Australian Hifi magazines' awards presentation in Sydney, Legend's Acoustics Kumbar Wirri (Big Red) won the prestigious Best Stereo Loudspeakers over $2500 award for 2008. Runners-up were the Dali Concept 10, MartinLogan Vantage and Whatmough P33 loudspeakers. Presenting it to Dr Rod the judges said the Big Reds won the top award "for a combination of high technology – a full DEQX EQ system – and simply superb sound, not to mention being Australian-made.”
For more details of the Kumbar Wirri please click here.
Kumbar Wirri (Big Red) Oz Hi-fi review
"Passively configured, Legend Acoustics' Kumbar Wirri loudspeakers are superb....... Invoking the active (DEQX) route transforms the Kumbar Wirris into more extroverted performers that pull no punches …….. quality recordings present the listener with a dynamic and highly detailed reality-approaching facsimile of live music that can sometimes startle.......Graph 3 shows…. the Kumbar Wirri's response is phenomenally flat. Indeed this is the best and flattest response I've seen from any commercial loudspeaker design." For the full review see Australian Hi-Fi July/August 2007 and for more details of the Kumbar Wirri please click here.
Now setup for your listening pleasure at Carlton Audio Visual (03 9639 2737), at DEQX in Sydney (02 9905 6277) and Legend in Tasmania (03 6266 3600).
Kumbar Wirri (Big Red) AsoN review
The May meeting of ASoN (Audio Society of NSW) featured Legend's new flagship loudspeaker, the Kumbar Wirri (Big Red). Their ASoN June Newsletter concluded "The Big Red 'compact' high performance speakers were great. In terms of power to weight/size ratio they were superb."
Dr Rod interview
For Dr Rod's views on music, hifi, loudspeakers and .... please click here.
Loudspeaker theory & practice
In defence of conventional loudspeakers - the second half of which was published in Audio & Video Lifestyle magazine August 2007.
More happy customers!
"We purchased a pair of Kantu 4s from Carlton Audio Visual last year, as the first stage of an ongoing upgrade to our stereo system. We are both professional musicians (a Major Symphony Orchestra) and we were immediately bowled over by your speakers’ natural sound. That they clearly out-performed any other speaker we auditioned goes without saying, as we didn’t hesitate to buy them despite their being significantly beyond our initial budget. Since then, we have not regretted our decision for a minute."
For more recent feedback from our customers please click here .
Kama 5 review
Reviewing Legend's Kama 5, editor of 'Australian Hi-fi' magazine Greg Borrowman said "I was absolutely floored by the tonal neutrality of the sound ... They are, indeed, a true 'monitor' loudspeaker ... and it is accompanied by a level of detail that is rare in a 2.5 way floor-standing design ... further enhanced by the realism of the stereo imaging ... The treble was book-end matched to the upper midrange & was deliciously smooth ... The bass is deep and full-bodied reminding me of a superior transmission-line enclosure ... a truly exceptional loudspeaker."
For the full review please click here and for more details of the Kamas please click here.
Australian Manufacturer of the Year award
The 'Hi-Fi and Home Theatre Consumer Buying Guide 2006' has awarded Legend Acoustics the title "Australian Manufacturer of the Year".
For more details please click here .
Mob 1 home-theatre award
Voting Legend Acoustic's entry level home-theatre & surround-sound speaker system the 2006 AV Home Theatre Speakers Award , the 'Hi-Fi and Home Theatre Consumer Buying Guide' enthused that the Mob 1 "start and stop with incredible speed and accuracy, reproducing faithfully the lowest and highest level of detail.....hook them into good equipment and you have the makings of a reference surround sound system.". For the full review please click here . For more details of Legend's other home-theatre & surround-sound speaker systems please click here .
Kumbar Wirri (Big Red) launch
Legend Acoustics, in conjunction with Carlton Audio Visual, proudly launches at the April 2006 Melbourne Home Show its new top-of-the-range loudspeaker, the Kumbar Wirri (Big Red). For more information on the Kumbars please click here .
Kurre 4 award
In the Audiophile Loudspeaker of the Year category of the 2005 Sound & Image awards, Legend’s Legend's Kurre 4s have been “Highly Commended”. Other winners in this category were Revel’s Ultima Salon ($45,000) and B&W’s 800Ds ($35,000). With a SRP ($2,999) of less than a tenth, the Kurre 4s are “punching well above their weight” as world-class speakers.
Kurre 4 review
A full review of the Kurre 4s in Australian Hifi magazine says:
"... (the Kurre 4s) set a new benchmark for small monitor loudspeakers .... they sound magic! I actually thought long and hard about using this particular word, but after listening and re-listening to the Kurre 4s, I decided that it was entirely appropriate ..... a full, rich and incredibly dynamic sound that was insanely detailed .... through the Kurres I discovered nuances that had previously eluded me .... I was transfixed by the speed of the Kurres and their lovely atmospherics...... When you go to audition Legend's new Kurre 4s - which I sincerely hope and recommend you do - you'll find you're not so much `listening' to them as 'experiencing' them. Get ready for the experience of a lifetime."
Kantu 4 review
Legend Acoustic's Kantu 4 receives rave review in Audio & Video Lifestyle magazine - 5/5 for performance & 5/5 for value. Please click for full review.