Well, first off, the Epiphony project 4's are $ 995./ pr. I did get them to stay below 1 k, but that was not easy, as just the expense to Dave for the cabinets went wayyyy up, now utilizing 1 " MDF, and that makes a big difference, in cost and performance....as for the drivers, I did tweak the speakers for the Usher and the SB's, you're also looking at a couple of 100. for them...good thing that the x-over is actually very straight forward and simple...this is not an exercise of design excellence, after all, they are below 1 K, but a testament of months of tweaking and listening, and finding the absolute best combination of parts and drivers and cabinet structure...figuring that there is a myriad of combinations that I have not tried yet, it's better to be lucky than good, I guess....can we improve ??? maybe, but I doubt that we'd be able to for the money. After all, if you want to reproduce them with onesies and twosies parts, you'll be at least at the 1 k mark.
So, as we already use Groneberg, Mundorfs and Alphacores, upgrades are peripheral, such as WBT's and going to the Quattro Ref's.......
Ultimately, Alan and his friends (and man, they are nuts !!!)))) already have tons of exposure, but the proof is in the pudding, and we have 2 rooms at the CapFest just for the exposure of the smaller systems.......
And nope, the systems contain preamp, Khartago, speakers, and Groneberg IC's and LS cables....with the Epis starting at either $ 2,200 or $ 2,300...(have to figure that out next week)
The sound so far ??? UNFREAKINGBELIEVABLEARYOUFUCKINGKIDDING MEHOWISTHISPOSSIBLE !!!! As I said, my one finger salute, and I'll have it out there, for all the world to hear......
And Alan, nope, sorry, but your pairs are # 8 and 9.......
Late,
Klaus