Anyone know much about Digital Phase Audio


The factory for this company is here where I live in Chattanooga, TN and recently I stopped in for a listen and despite their webpage not being updated in years I was really impressed with their gear.

They make and finish their own cabinets in house and he even builds his own tube amps and crossovers etc. He is a bit of an eccentric genius type but his upper end speakers were some of the best I have ever heard. I have not seen a review or heard anyone talk about them for years so I am curious if any of you have heard them or not?

They appear to be very small with a limited if any retail distribution channel.
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Do not worry about lack of mass market reviews, you won't find those since the company doesn't spend money on marketing.

Without any doubt these speakers are the real deal.

I have posted about them before, here and on Gearslutz. I compared directly to many competing high end models for use in my mastering studio and selected Digital Phase EP-SM1 to keep.

Certainly the best tweeter I have ever heard. Clean, tight bass extension.

Truly remarkable point-source dispersion, imaging, coherence, and depth -- I can sit in a chair, stand up, sit in the floor, move to the sides, whatever, and still hear almost the exact same sound.

An open, refreshingly honest sounding speaker. Highly recommended.

Steve
I think I have heard the 4.3s and I too thought they were some of if not the best I have heard. Thanks for all the feedback and I just dont understand why he has not found a good businessman to launch those products around the USA.
The 4.3s are really an 'all things to all people' type of loudspeaker (well, maybe except for the looks, which don't compete with the high-tech looks of Wilson, Avalon et al, although drop-dead-gorgeous hardwood burled finishes are available at a considerable surcharge)- to wit they have:

A. the slam of great dynamic speakers
B. taughtness and definition at the bottom end for those who favor acoustic suspension designs
C. the purest, most tonally neutral midrange to compete with the best electrostatics
D. a horizontal polar response that is not too far off an omnidirectional speaker...the sweet spot is the room!
E. genuine low end extension that makes any subwoofers redundant
F. Pure and very detailed treble that belies the fact that it is a metal (titanium) dome, that would tickle the fancy of any ribbon lovers.
G. A sculpted soundstage both front to back and side-to-side.
H. An extraordinary linear response (deviation no more than 0.4 dB or less across the entire audio band)

For those who are familiar with the British audio parlance-they do both 'flat earth' and 'round earth' qualities, without having to choose one over another.

The biggest problem is the inability of the vast majority of people to ever see or hear these...there is no dealer network, and only a handful of people own them (SE Tennessee, N. Calif and E. Canada, with one new owner in Detroit who has not yet received his pair).
People have no idea what they are missing. For me, It was finding that 1 pound gold nugget by tripping on it. Shit, did not know that was there?
The only speaker I would consider a contender would be 2805s. I could live with either. Though, the 4.3s come closer to the Quads than the Quads come to emulate the 4.3s.
MN