I first heard Ken's speakers (not the open baffle version) at the Pacific Audio Fest. I wasn't that impressed with them at the time, but it was the end of a long day of listening to many systems and my ears were shot.
Ken brought his open baffle speakers to one of our Portland Audio Club meetings about a month later. Coincidentally, I brought my 300B monoblocks to demo at the same meeting so that's what we used to drive them. These sounded much better to me than what I remember from PAF. Our meetings are at a bar with many people having conversations, so it's not possible to draw any solid conclusions, but I thought they sounded pretty nice. They are also very well built with a beautiful finish.
I'm very impressed with what Ken has created with these. Building a quality speaker completely from scratch including a sophisticated driver is a quite a challenge, and it's all the more impressive for a tiny business like Songer. I wish him success with his business and hope to hear these speakers in a more optimal listening environment sometime in the near future.
