- Joined
- Nov 16, 2021
- Messages
- 133
- Likes
- 622
Well, the feedback MAD Audio sound impressions video seemed pretty accurate, though the specifics of the imaging and things has a lot to do with setup and other factors. The listening was done at our German distributor's listening room, https://www.hifi2die4.de/.
We also made it onto the cover of the October issues of The Absolute Sound magazine along with a 15 page review (with a lot of photos). They gave the speaker their "golden ear award", which I understand is their highest honor.
We'll be releasing a new, slightly smaller model of speaker (we're calling FR20). I'm not certain of the final pricing but I believe that it will be about 30% less expensive, with the most notable difference being that it uses 1/2 the woofer section (2 x 8" woofers and 2 x 10 PRs versus the 4 on the FR30) and a smaller single cabinet design, so it will look t home in a lot more rooms and systems.
I'm also working on a 6.5" woofer for some smaller and less expensive models (bookshelf and smaller tower). I've attached a picture of some of the prototypes which use a carbon fiber and Rohacell foam composite cone and a similarly advanced motor design. We're not targeting $2000 with the bookshelf product (in this product line), maybe a bit above that (I don't think that $3k is out of the question but we haven't finished and quoted the cabinet design yet). We are planning have some future product lines with less expensive cabinet construction and finishes that will be at those prices and below.
We're not targeting a 60 Hz cutoff on the bookshelf product because that is slightly too high for a speaker to be used without a subwoofer comfortably (another half octave or so makes a big difference in a lot of music). As such, we're not targeting very high sensitivity (in the 85 dB at 2,83V range). However, having a lot of linearity in the woofer (+/- 9-10 mm for BL based Xmax gives a lot of output capability, kind of like the approach that Purifi is doing with their woofers (though the actual design is pretty different).
We also made it onto the cover of the October issues of The Absolute Sound magazine along with a 15 page review (with a lot of photos). They gave the speaker their "golden ear award", which I understand is their highest honor.
We'll be releasing a new, slightly smaller model of speaker (we're calling FR20). I'm not certain of the final pricing but I believe that it will be about 30% less expensive, with the most notable difference being that it uses 1/2 the woofer section (2 x 8" woofers and 2 x 10 PRs versus the 4 on the FR30) and a smaller single cabinet design, so it will look t home in a lot more rooms and systems.
I'm also working on a 6.5" woofer for some smaller and less expensive models (bookshelf and smaller tower). I've attached a picture of some of the prototypes which use a carbon fiber and Rohacell foam composite cone and a similarly advanced motor design. We're not targeting $2000 with the bookshelf product (in this product line), maybe a bit above that (I don't think that $3k is out of the question but we haven't finished and quoted the cabinet design yet). We are planning have some future product lines with less expensive cabinet construction and finishes that will be at those prices and below.
We're not targeting a 60 Hz cutoff on the bookshelf product because that is slightly too high for a speaker to be used without a subwoofer comfortably (another half octave or so makes a big difference in a lot of music). As such, we're not targeting very high sensitivity (in the 85 dB at 2,83V range). However, having a lot of linearity in the woofer (+/- 9-10 mm for BL based Xmax gives a lot of output capability, kind of like the approach that Purifi is doing with their woofers (though the actual design is pretty different).