I think there's a new version of the midrange driver for the open baffle being introduced. Jim probably only wanted to showcase speakers in their final form.
Yes, this is the case. The original prototypes were designed with PHL mids. Since then, we heard rumors of a new mid that was being developed that, on paper, may out-perform the PHL drivers. Since we had not yet completed the four pairs we are currently working on, I thought it would be a good idea to hold off until we were able to test one of these new drivers. I didn't want to complete pairs of speakers and then a couple of weeks later announce an "upgrade." I don't think the owners of those speakers would be very happy.
We will shortly get the prototype of this new driver and new spiders are being produced to make it even better for our application. We should have samples in hand in the next two weeks and then we determine which driver will be our final choice. Once that is done, we can finish up the pairs we are currently working on. We will also select a name and post them on our web site.
- Jim