Hi, Kent. An update. I underwent Open Heart surgery at Mercy Heart Hospital on 25 Oct 2022. I was such a PITA they sent me home on 28 Oct 2022. I developed AFib about a week after my release (this is apparently normal) and had go back in to be cardioverted, BUT I am doing great today.
I started Cardiac Rehabilitation at Mercy this week. Prognosis is great and I feel both wonderful and truly blessed. I have a brand new Edwards Lifescience tricuspid prosthetic valve made out of bovine pericardium treated with some kind of pixy dust to enable long life.
The speaker business suffered a little bit because I was just assembling the boilerplate VPE Airfoils when I learned I had to have surgery, but I am back in the shop now, and hope to have the Airfoils ready for AXPONA 2023. Our Model 2 Dipole Subwoofers for the big Maggies are in testing with Robert Raus and he loves them. They play deeper than the Little Dipole Woofers and work great with the 3.7's and 20.7's.
We have also gotten with Refined Audio and are marketing a major upgrade of the Pass SLOB we call the "Crystal Dipole" which utilizes an isolated 1/2" thick acrylic baffle board and the new Cube Audio F10 Select full-range driver. It sounds awesome !! Come see us in Chicago - Rm. 502 in the Schaumberg Renaissance Conf. Center.