Heard it at Munich High-End.
Was one of the best sounding speakers of all the high-end speaker sI have heard there.
So there's a lot of craftsmanship and they sound good. I had an idea they would sound exceptional. Considering they are at a show, that is saying even more.
Most shows don't have the best acoustics and usually the better the treatment for a given speaker, the better they perform.
This speaker has exceptional visuals and hits all my buttons from an old cabinet maker who never CnCed a thing in his cabinet-making life. I did manage
to wear out a duplicating machine though.
People that build speaker cabinets from a personal ascetics point of view and manage to get them to sound great are heroes in my book.
Out of 100+ pairs that I've built in my life and 3 pairs taking over a decade to finish, I've never seen one that I couldn't improve on in my eyes.
I seldom make judgment calls about elaborate designs but this thread proves my point. Some people don't even like wood finishes where I
find nature's twist with many wood veneers absolutely amazing, not to mention the ability to cut and fit their designs, mirror the finish and
still perform very well. Hats off to the hands-on crowd. I'm glad I can comment from an actual builder's perspective.
If I wasn't so close to 70, I might give CnC woodworking a shot. After a lifetime of analog metal lathes, mills, boring bars including wood jointers,
planers, table saws, and routers, I'll leave it to the younger crowd. I watched the guy CnC my Elixirs close to 20 years ago. Fancy!
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