Nvm… I didn’t read Paul’s original post… carry on
Didn’t he say it was an aluminum cone?
Thank you. I think my speed reading has turned into speed missing. 
Chas
Well, speed missing can happen quite speedily around here!
It never ceases to amaze me how little power my M700 Class D stellar amps use. They are amazing. I power mine through the P5 regenerator and can see the power load on it’s display. Using 20-25% at loudest conditions. Also plugged into the P5 is a BHK pre amp, DMP, Dac Jr, phono pre. I have to use a P10 soley for the BHk 250 pretty much. I do tag a couple of G1 Rel on the P10 but i think they are class D as well
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The photos above show lots of progress in the redesign of the AN-3, very impressive indeed. I don’t see any mention of the new drivers actually being installed and tested yet, however, so presumably that is still to come. In contrast, this morning Paul’s Post said you will be displaying the “production version” of the AN-3 at RMAF. This is all fine and dandy, until I just realized RMAF is less than two weeks away! Am I missing something, or are you going to be frantically assembling the first pair of AN-3 and keeping your fingers crossed that it sounds as good as it should?
It’s possible PS A took the above pics weeks or months ago and is just now sharing them. Or not lol
Yes, sorry, timing is everything. I have to do some of the posts in advance so I have a moment to breathe. We’re hot and heavy in development. Busy week.
I suppose I have caused a lot of confusion with my terminology. I am sorry.
When I say “production” version of the AN3 what I really mean is a production Alpha unit. That’s quite different from both a prototype and a production ready unit.
A prototype in our vernacular is a first stab at seeing how an idea manifests itself in physical form. We learn a great deal from prototypes. Following the AN3 prototype’s public debut at Axpona, we went to work redesigning and reworking everything we liked and didn’t like about the proto. That work can result in another prototype if we’re unsure, or a production Alpha if we are sure about the hardware components.
What we’re showing at RMAF is more correctly called an Alpha unit where the hardware components like cabinet, drivers, electronics, packaging, are all what we plan to produce. We, of course, have much work left to do on software and voicing, but these use “soft” parts meaning they are not hardware. Cap and inductor values can easily change in the crossover, we can make minor adjustments in cosmetics (paint and finish touches) up till the last month or so before releasing a beta—which represents the final production—but pretty much everything else hardware related in an Alpha is locked down.
That’s where we’re at and I should have more properly called it an Alpha. Sorry about that.
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No problem! It certainly makes sense when you call it an Alpha unit. When I saw “production” I had a what, what, what … moment. You will share photos of the complete assembly at some point, correct?
Yes, sorry. My bad. Hope this helps. I’ll do my best to make that distinction. The alpha hardware should be locked down by this point and we’re only changing soft components.
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