Steve, you asked about my speakers.
Back when those few speaker reviews came out we did some production runs, I think 450 pair per run. I wasn’t particularly happy with some of the production decisions that were made without my approval, and my cocky self said these aren’t going to cut it as "A" stock, so a deal was made with Audio Advisor and the Revs were sold for pennies on the dollar. Funny now they are collectables. After those 3 or 4 runs I started only doing small runs, up to 40 pair max. During my away from HEA years I did between 10-30 pair (per year) for Tunees then I took about 3 years to really refine things. I wanted a speaker that was an instrument, even more then the past. Lower mass, real instrument wood and drivers that had mostly wood baskets. I also wanted to use even less crossover parts so you didn’t have parts distortion on the way to the drivers. I got it down to one cap, and if needed one cap and one resistor. There are other cool things about having a speaker built like an instrument. One, they’re super easy to drive and very dynamic. Most important they are built to be a part of the environment not working against it. There’s a lot of cool DIY designs out there that use the room as well and that’s the direction of the future.
The audiophile world is in a good place as we continue to simplify and cut down on the needless and harmful to the sound mass. Prices in this hobby are and will drop dramatically and we will be able to play far more music on one variable system instead of a few pieces of music on many one sound systems. It’s a win win.
MG
