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The ground breaking Cerious Ceramic Reference project culminated in the development of entirely new technologies, both in design and production execution. Conceived as a tour de force of acoustic and material sciences, the CCR project required a dedicated production facility different from any other ever constructed for the production of high end audio components.

Planning and constructing production facilities from scratch meant that a decision must be faced, build two distinct production areas, one for the CCR project and another for products utilizing “traditional” carbon fiber techniques, or tailor all models to be constructed exclusively employing CCR fabrication topologies.

Delighted with the performance and aesthetics of the original Too and prototypes of the Cerious Bass it would be left up to the design team to research and produce working models employing CCR techniques. Their only constraints were to meet specific price points and production efficiencies. No one, including the design team, was fully prepared for what was about to be created.
Too too Good?

The Cerious Ceramic Reference is complex to construct due to its cast ballistic ceramic and Kevlar tube construction. Each piece must be perfectly cast, as no machining is possible after full cure. The CCR/Too design team chose a “compromise” approach. The ballistic ceramic is so structurally rigid it renders a fiber casting “skeleton” structurally insignificant. Essentially a hollow cabinet with channels is constructed of very thin fiber based materials and the cabinet is cast by filling the channels with synthetic ballistic ceramic. This results in a “finished” cabinet ready for Kevlar compression wrapping. While unable to control sophisticated changes in ceramic density like the CCR, the results were stunning.
Placed next to the original Too/Cerious Bass, the new CCR package is visually stunning. The sonic difference is shocking. The CCR construction shows its lineage with greater ease, dynamics, coherence, and nuance. Nuance is, perhaps, the most difficult to achieve trait in a loudspeaker. Very few are capable even at high price points. The CCR package has it in spades through utter transparency. It is scary good. A tremendous achievement in value. One production area it was.
Flexibility and Choice

The combination is designed for maximum flexibility. The Cerious Bass are 24” tall, making them an ideal platform for the Too. Combined they form a full range loudspeaker able to be placed as a traditional three way loudspeaker. The Cerious Bass are available either powered or with a passive crossover designed to mate with the Too.

Designer Robert Grost has always stressed the advantages of satellite/subwoofer systems and bi-amping. Ideally the combination will perform at its highest level with the woofers against the wall and the satellites out in free space. Unfortunately, not everyone has the space or room configuration to allow such a set up.
The continuing evolution of media integration must also be considered. As more people move from room dominating rear projection monoliths to flat screen plasma monitors, customers will find they now have the added room to allow the move from single monitors to the satellite/subwoofer configuration. In this way the Too/Cerious Bass will be fully adaptable to both present, and future, system needs.
Specifications

The Cerious Too is a two-way loudspeaker utilizing two 6 1/2” composite ceramic cone long throw woofers covering the frequencies from 50 Hz to 2.7 KHz and crossing over @ 6 db/octave. The tweeter is a highly modified Vifa ring tweeter crossing in at 6 db/octave at 2.7 KHz. The Too will play at 90 db 1w/1m and is a 4 Ohm loudspeaker. Recommended power requirements are a minimum of 30 watts (solid state) and 40 watts (tube). Maximum power handling is 300 watts of clean power. Each cabinet is 9”W x 11”D x 16”H. The Kevlar finish is available in any color, as long as it is black.
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