Canton - Germany B 30
The Canton B 30 pairs outstanding sound with an exquisitely finished compact cabinet, bringing genuine enthusiast appeal to smaller listening rooms. Its ceramic tweeter, titanium woofer and rear bass-reflex design underpin a thoroughly premium stand-mount formula, while Lite MAGAZIN highlights the speaker’s accomplished build, generous equipment and elegant appearance. A polished, high-performance bookshelf choice.
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Nicely Roasted
Sound Quality
89/100
Build Quality
94/100
Value for Money
85/100
Pros
Outstanding overall sound quality for a compact bookshelf speaker.
Excellent craftsmanship, generous equipment and attractive appearance.
Well suited to music playback in smaller rooms.
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What Reviewers Are Saying
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 89/100
Lite MAGAZIN calls the B 30's sound outstanding, an emphatic overall endorsement. The review does not break that verdict down by frequency range, imaging, or dynamic behaviour, so the finer-grained picture remains limited.
Bass
89/100
The available review offers an outstanding overall sound verdict, which supports a strong result from the speaker's low end as part of the whole presentation. It gives no direct description of bass extension, control, room interaction, or whether a subwoofer would be desirable.
Mid
90/100
Lite MAGAZIN's unqualified praise for the B 30's overall sound supports a highly satisfying and coherent presentation. There is no specific discussion of vocal realism, instrumental timbre, warmth, or midrange presence.
Treble
90/100
The review's outstanding sound assessment indicates that the speaker's overall balance was persuasive in listening. It does not specifically address the ceramic tweeter's refinement, air, detail retrieval, or any tendency toward brightness.
Soundstage Imaging
89/100
The B 30 received a very positive overall listening verdict from Lite MAGAZIN. The review says little about image focus, stage width or depth, speaker disappearance, or sensitivity to placement.
Dynamics
88/100
Lite MAGAZIN found the B 30 outstanding overall, suggesting an engaging performance rather than a flat or uninvolving one. There is no direct commentary on transient attack, large-scale headroom, or amplifier demands.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Quality
94/100
Lite MAGAZIN describes the B 30 as excellently crafted and very well equipped. The review also highlights its attractive appearance, while offering no long-term durability observations.
Value for Money
85/100
Lite MAGAZIN notes a price below €400 per speaker alongside the B 30's strong finish and attractive looks. It does not directly compare the Canton with similarly priced rivals or make a clear value-for-money recommendation.
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Specifications
- Acoustic principle
- 2-way bass reflex system
- Principle passive resonator
- Bass reflex
- Radiation direction resonator
- Backfire
- Tweeter quantity
- 1
- Tweeter size
- 25 mm
- Tweeter material
- Ceramic
- Woofer/Midrange driver quantity
- 1
- Woofer/Midrange driver size
- 174 mm
- Woofer/Midrange driver material
- Titanium (wave surround)
- Woofer material
- Titanium (Wave-Sicke)
- Nominal load capacity
- 70 watts
- Music load capacity
- 130 watts
- Transmission range
- 33...40.000 Hz
- Crossover frequencies
- 3.000 Hz
- Impedance
- 4...8 ohm
- Efficiency 2.83V/1m
- 86,5 db
- Weight
- 6.8 kg
- Packing dimensions
- 58 x 38 x 49 cm
- Packing weight
- 15,6 kg
- Dimensions (WxHxD)
- W: 19 cm; H: 36 cm; D: 27 cm
- Woofer Wave surround
- yes
- Midrange Wave Bead
- yes
- Front cover material
- fabric cover
- Transmission Front Plate
- yes
- Unit feet
- yes
- Terminal contact material
- gold plated
- Mounting type front cover
- magnetic mounting
- Terminal banana plug suitable
- yes
Manufacturer's Description — Canton - Germany
Informations
- 2-way bass reflex system
- 130 watt
- Titanium technology
- magnetic fabric cover
B 30
The golden mean
He who says A, must also say B we thought: it was time to launch the new B speaker series, which complements our successful A models and just like them is offered exclusively in our online store. Our brand new B series not only looks beguilingly good, it also scores with a quite outstanding price/performance ratio. The passive compact speaker B 30 is a shapely 2-way speaker that feels at home in any living environment with its harmonious proportions and small dimensions. Our smallest speaker in the B series is a full-fledged stereo speaker that will spoil you with the unique Canton sound. It harmonizes ideally with its larger siblings, the B 50 center and the B 100 floorstanding speaker. The B Series speakers become a powerful and magnificent sounding home theater system when expanded with the highly dynamic SUB 12 R subwoofer.
Modern classic
With their well-proportioned housings and noble surfaces in high-gloss lacquer, the B 30 flatter the eyes of the beholder. With their simply elegant design, the immaculately applied lacquer surfaces in black or white and the front design without visible screw connections, the B 30 are a true adornment for any living ambience. The timelessly designed compact speakers spoil with the best HiFi sound and feel at home on a shelf or on a rack. Alternatively, the B 30s are perfectly presented both visually and acoustically on the LS 300 stands designed for this purpose. Included with the speakers are shapely and magnetically holding fabric covers: should you ever be tempted to want to give the B 30 an even more discreet appearance.
Well selected
Our developers have selected the best proven technology from the Canton shelves for the B 30 compact speakers. This makes them a top favorite right off the bat if you're looking for a well-engineered speaker that will impress you technically and sonically. The titanium cone for the bass-midrange driver is lightweight yet very strong, which allows the compact speaker to play with a high degree of impulse fidelity. Thanks to the suspension in the triple folded wave surround, dynamic and low-distortion playing is also assured with the B 30. With its 174 mm bass-midrange driver, the compact speaker reproduces precise and crisp bass - with considerable low end. The balanced and detailed mids are harmoniously rounded off by our accurately resolving 25 mm tweeter with strong drive and ceramic dome. To optimize sound dispersion, the tweeter takes advantage of the acoustically conducive properties of our Transmission Front Plate.
High quality equipment
We equip our B 30 with a gold-plated connector terminal that ensures optimal signal transmission to the connected amplifier. For a perfect connection with your amplifier, you can use the CantoLink 400 speaker cable, which is available in our online store. It is a six-core high-end speaker cable developed by us with a special core and jacket - for the best possible sound quality. The high-quality and acoustically neutral fabric cover in black hides the direct view of the technology if desired and holds elegantly by magnetic fastening on the baffle.
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