Anil had been talking to us for a few months, waiting for news on our new SoundScape design. About three months ago, he said ne needed to place an order. Of course, we were still evaluating midranges at the time.
He really wanted the SoundScape 12's, but was moving and needed the new speakers to be shipped to Antwerp, Belgium in early April so that they could be combined on a container with all of his household goods and trans-shipped to his new home.
I told him that we had two prototypes up and running and a third on the way. I did not know when we would make the final decision, but that even if we did not make it in time, we could at least ship new speakers with the best driver candidates we had at that point in time. He was comfortable with that, so we proceeded.
Well, on March 6th we made the final driver selection. So the pair we built for him did have the final drivers.
He wanted SoundScape 12's in a hand-rubbed, high gloss finish. So we shot a couple coats of automotive black with four coats of automotive clear and rubbed them out. The result was the deepest black finish we had ever done. But they were so glossy, there was no way to photograph them in our shop. They reflected EVERYTHING. So we had to surround them with carboard to block all reflections. And the resulting photos simply don't convey the true look of the speakers.
That said, here are some photos...
And a single cabinet...
Same photo just for fun...
And a shot of the top section...
And another shot of the rear of the top section...
It was a very fun project. Now it's on to the first production pairs of SoundScape 10's...
Happy listening Anil!
- Jim
