One will, of course, now wonder how a small, fine high-end manufacture can operate with such great effort. The secret is soon disclosed: Raidho belongs to the Dantax group. Under their roof also the less expensive ScansonicHD speakers are produced. Hence the efforts made are resting on more than one pair of shoulders. Speaking of shoulders, Production Manager Freddy Andersen has set up a highly competent team in terms of craftsmanship where everybody agrees hundred per cent on one thing: perfection. And this can be felt throughout the factory, from the application of super thin glue lines to the setting of the screws. During the production of »musical instruments« nobody will allow themselves to make a mistake.

A feel-good ambience

The sound quality of a loudspeaker stands or falls with its placement, and with Raidho some advice should indeed be observed. For instance, the extended axis of the ribbon should pass a fair way past the head. That’s the springboard suggested in the descriptive manual, and we can definitely confirm it. Here one needs to spend time, because only then the sweetspot can be located where the TD2.2 seemingly loses all spatial limitations. For the excellent imaging of the stage width is also complemented then by the proportionally fitting depth into the room, and I am sure that only very few have heard that in this quality so far. Precision in craftsmanship pays off with these sound transducers; this goes even so far that they can showcase marked acoustic differences between various mains supplies.

The same holds true for the electronics. Such a pair of TD2.2 can already deliver a decent performance on a Canor AI 2.10, but when fired by the Luxman pre-/power amp C-900u and M-900u vertiginous heights are within reach with almost impudent ease. Regarding other parameters, e.g. the choice of the speaker cable, one has pretty much free rein, for the Raidho shows a tendency towards horizontal sound differences. What does that mean? In a direct comparison there will be not necessarily a winner; it’s rather a matter of taste. Thus the Nordost wiring delivers a sound marked by great palpability and clarity, and with the HMS Suprema connections the timbres show a gain in intensity. So at this point one can experiment with enthusiasm, and this with the comforting certainty that you can’t do anything wrong.