What, you've never heard of this design? Well, this is a pair of custom speakers we will likely add to our web site as soon as we have a name for them. I'll tell you the story, but first a few images...
And a close-up...
With that out of the way, here is the story...
In April of 2021, a customer contacted us about a potential custom pair of speakers based on the Veracity HT2-TL's. He liked the design, but wanted to use the Seas 7.5" W19's with the Graphine cones instead of the normal 7" W18's. I told him that this would be a new speaker and that using the cabinet design for the HT2-TL's would likely not work with the Graphene drivers. He still wanted to proceed.
So we modeled this new design and it turned out that very few cabinet modifications were required...just a change in tuning. And since the W19 speaker frame is the same size as the W18's, new templates would not be required.
Our modeling indicated this new version would have an F3 of 25Hz! The only problem was that, due to covid-related supply issues, the W19 Graphine drivers were not available at the time.
So we proceeded to build the cabinets so they would be ready when the W19's became available. Over the months, we exchanged emails and calls and he requested a number of upgrades including Mundorf Supreme caps and bi-wire/bi-amp silver Cardas binding posts. He also wanted a custom veneer.
Finally, about two weeks ago, the drivers finally arrived. He was excited to hear we were headed to the finish line.
Since this was basically a new model, there was some work needed to refine the crossovers and get the speakers assembled and tested. In the meantime, we sent our customer the above pictures and he thought they looked great.
Then on Monday, I got an email from him that said he would be soon moving and would have no space for them in his new abode. He asked me to sell them on his behalf. I was sad hearing this after all we had gone through, but sometimes life throws you curves you can't anticipate.
So this pair is available for immediate delivery.
Here is a cost breakdown...
Base price of the HT2-TLs these were based on is $5195. The driver upgrade cost was $899. The silver Cardas bi-wire upgrade ran $136.
The Mundorf cap upgrade came to $905 and included both the tweeter and woofer caps. Bubinga veneer was a $200 upgrade.
So the total to build the same speaker today would be $7335.
If you are looking for a totally tricked out pair of TL speakers that play down to 25Hz, this might be the pair you've been looking for. And, at least for the time being, you'll have the only pair in the world!
- Jim
