Folks,
As many of you have known for some time, we have been almost completely tied up with production of the
NuForce S-9 since last June. Since then we haven't had time to hardly sleep, let alone build our own products. Well...we've turned the corner on production! F-I-N-A-L-L-Y!!! All of the systems are running smoothly and we're producing them such that we are able to allocate resources back to our own products once again. By the way, just to let you know how hard the S-9 was to build, here's a link for you:
http://www.hifi4all.dk/content/templates/besogsartikler.asp?articleid=1450&zoneid=4If you can't read Danish, just look at the pictures. Scroll down to the very bottom of the page. See that enclosure (third picture from bottom) that's made with layers? Guess what? It looks like the Magico "Mini" to me (it is). So what? Well, if you can't read Danish, Karsten has translated for us. According to Hornslet (a big-time enclosure maker) "that cabinet is one of the most complicated they have ever done." HA!
COMPLICATED? Looks like the thing only uses at most... 4 different layers that have different internal dimensioning. And then it's not very big either. I'll tell you about complicated. The NuForce S-9 that WE designed (along with Casey at NuForce) and build for them is bigger - for starters. It has 23 layers, not counting the front baffle. Out of those 23 layers, 15 are unique unto themselves and are not duplicated elsewhere in the enclosure.
THAT's "complicated."
And to think... a bunch of "farm boys" from the cornfields of Indiana built it - and the machinery needed to do so! I can assure you too, we have nowhere near the resources that a company as big as Hornslet has either. So that's why we haven't been around AC here much lately or promoting our own products. You want ingenuity? That's what we do.
Besides the fact that we're "back in business" with our own wares, we will be adding some new offerings and updating the
Millennial Reference Series to a new level of look and construction. New crossover components along with a new crossover topology have really brought those products into a whole other league of performance. To be quite frank, it is highly unlikely that their performance will ever exceed the level that they are at now.
One of the cosmetic changes involves solid hardwood front panels. Now even the
Studio Finish will sport a
solid hardwood baffle...and
at no increase in cost! The enclosure sidewalls are still the same black, soft texture finish but I'm sure you'll agree that the hardwood front really dresses it up. That big 10-inch waveguide looks pretty cool with the complex pattern of wood figuring that undulates through it. Heck, now your significant other may just let you in the living room with it.
Oh, and just to plug the lowly little
Timepiece while I'm at it, our dealer in Taiwan has been quoted recently. According to an associate, that dealer has recently heard the speaker that is made with the same layered Baltic Birch like the
NuForce S-9...that everyone has been talking about. You know, the one that sells for over $20K and only has a single 61/2 or 7-inch titanium composite woofer? You know, the one that a certain major magazine gave their "best" award. Ha!
Well, according to this associate the dealer reportedly said that the Timepiece completely blows that "other speaker" out of the water. "No comparison, not even in the same league" - or something to that effect. But, well...that's just hearsay - doesn't prove a thing. Nevertheless, I'll bet you can't find another speaker for under $3K that performs as well as our Timepiece. And now it's looks match it's performance a little better too.
Anyway...I'll give further updates soon, including more info on the "
Radiance." Some of you may remember that guy. We had to put him on the shelf for a while. We'll be accepting orders for them soon. Ever experience a speaker becoming completely invisible (sonically, that is. Visually they're stunning)?
You will.
So...we're back in business and taking orders!!!Hope to hear from you soon!
-Bob
