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REVIEW<br />
Final speaker placement takes<br />
about 15 minutes, with a bit of finetuning<br />
after the Cenyas have about<br />
two weeks of major break-in. Like<br />
all of the other Penaudio speakers<br />
we’ve auditioned, a good week’s<br />
worth of listening to dynamic music<br />
at moderate to high volume does<br />
the trick—though they do sound<br />
fabulous right out of the box.<br />
Jah Wobble’s Japanese Dub<br />
leads the way into a long session of<br />
bass-heavy tracks that help define<br />
the low-frequency response of the<br />
Cenya2. The official specification is<br />
+/–3 dB from 45 to 28,000 Hz in an<br />
anechoic chamber, and thanks to<br />
a little bit of room gain, the Cenya<br />
2s reproduce the 40 Hz test tone<br />
on my Stereophile Test CD with<br />
ease, though bass response falls off<br />
rapidly after this. For most musical<br />
material, this will rarely be an issue,<br />
considering the quality of the bass<br />
that the speakers produce. Again,<br />
this was all done without S.A.M.<br />
engaged on the Devialet.<br />
A Nimble Performer<br />
In a modest-sized room with firstclass<br />
amplification, the Cenyas will<br />
spoil you. Thanks to their small<br />
front surface and high-quality SEAS<br />
tweeter, they throw an expansive<br />
soundstage that not only extends<br />
beyond the speaker boundaries but<br />
also past the wall boundaries.<br />
When I revisit Springsteen’s The<br />
Wild, The Innocent & The E Street<br />
Shuffle, it’s a pleasure to hear the<br />
nuance in his young voice and, even<br />
though the recording is only mediocre,<br />
the coherence provided by<br />
this high-quality two-way speaker<br />
makes it come to life. (continued)<br />
192 TONE AUDIO NO.64<br />
July 2014 193
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