Review TAD CE1TX monitor – off the scale

Conclusion and Measurements TAD CE1tx

We measured the TAD CE1TX in our listening room. Anything below 200 Hz should be taken with a grain of salt: there are reflections from the room there, too, know that.

The measurements were done with a DPA 4091 microphone on an Audient ID14 pre-amp. This goes through an Illusonic IAP8 processor that also runs the measurement software.

Frequency and distortion

Anyone listening to the TAD CE1TX will not be surprised that it measures pretty neutrally. There is a very slight belly around the midrange. That’s about 1.5 dB or so relative to the center axis. That’s almost inaudible, we estimate. We moved the microphone to see if it moves with it, but it doesn’t. That also shows how stable this speaker is. The response shows that the speaker is tuned for some longer listening. It is nowhere aggressive.

Distortion is very low. The “Peak” you see is at -50dB, which corresponds mte 0.3%. The rest is around -60dB, or 0.1%. This is really very good and shows that TAD is not talking nonsense in their story around pushing down distortion.

Impedance

It is abundantly clear that TAD wanted to make a friendly speaker with the CE1TX. The impedance is incredibly flat in the bass, which makes it easy to drive. Toward the treble there is a spike, but that’s not a problem. Except perhaps with tubes: they will add some coloration, but not clip, because the impedance goes up, not down. The impedance doesn’t dip below 4 ohms. Perfect.