Amazon description claims non resonant Aluminum enclosure. That is a blanket statement not backed by fact. Can't tell for sure from the pictures here, but the enclosure does no have the look of Aluminum. Push on connectors soldered soldered in place is not good engineering or attention to detail. Pretty nice looking PC, but numerous components and locations for failures. All that complexity just to produce a good looking graph, therefore the sound must be great? Spend the same, or less, on quality (more reliable) passive speakers and you won't hear any difference.
I’m so confused why you don’t think it’s aluminum as its very reputable manufacturer has consistently specified for the past decade, along with the aluminum symbol in the molding
it’s not like we’re dealing with AudioQuest here.
Both parts of the case are 100% aluminum, I’ve spent more time fondling mine than I may want to publicly admit... however, they are coated in rather industrial paint, so maybe that’s where the confusion is coming from?
With regards to reliability, I’m not an EE, just a software engineer, but these seem to have an excellent reliability track record over the 10 years they’ve been out. And they use reputable well-specced parts, especially important for the electrolytic capacitors, which are a common source of failure in cheaper monitors. Reliability was definitely a top design concern.
Yes, the PCB could be a lot simpler if they used DSP, but keep in mind these monitors were released in 2010, and who knows how many years the development took before that? They went with an analog design because they felt it was the better choice with what components were available at the time for the target price point, and it’s hard to argue with the results, being that it’s still one of the best performers in its class 10 years later.