Thought I’d share our first view of the newly styled AN3 loudspeaker. You can see it’s still a two-box solution like version 2 we showed at RMAF, but that’s where the similarities end. All new drivers designed by Chris Brunhaver. Twin 10" low distortion linear drivers for the subwoofers, twin 8" lo…

So external subs could be a thing of the past with these speakers?

I reckon. Chris has spent heaps of time integrating the active woofer section with the top half. I haven’t heard these guys yet, but if they’re anything like the second design, there’s plenty of strong, controlled bass.

I wouldn’t bank on it. My main speakers have 2-15" woofers, I still run a pair of subs.

At least unless a certain frequency can’t be played back with woofers at the very position of those main speakers (which is not unusual, as there are only few positions without major dips and those positions won’t necessarily be those you’d choose for optimizing sound staging and tonality of your ma…

[image] wakethetown: For this price point, the design shouldn’t require a large percentage of buyers to hesitate or to contemplate modifications to make them more palatable on the Spouse Acceptance Factor (SAF). An excellent point. While we all agree sound is paramount, as the price rises so…

Well, I met Peter from PBN at RMAF and, what a nice guy! I had met the eningeer for that image control waveguide, Charles Sprinkle, at CES about 10 years ago and the engineer for the D2 compression driver was a friend of a former colleague. It’s all great stuff but those JBL woofers are designed f…

Hi Steven, Thanks for the question. The perforated grilles shown are a grained and anodized aluminum. The cabinets, apart from the sliding attachment mechanism are made from MDF with extensive bracing and finished in a water based lacquer. These are not molded parts and are CNC milled.

I hope they work because I am unaware of Chris’s pedigree as a speaker designer. Full range speakers are really difficult to get right. Several very successful designers have attested to that. There was a chap posting here who had a pair of Magico M3 that cost about $100k and applied a high pass fil…

Thanks, sounds like quite a time consuming process getting that finish, what with milling, sanding, sealing, umpteen coats and polishing.

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Elk January 16, 2020, 5:24pm 134

An excellent point. While we all agree sound is paramount, as the price rises so do our expectations as to material and build quality, as well as an appealing design.

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