Sorry this is late; Im new to the site. I'm really glad to hear that others have heard - and even own - Fuselier speakers, because they were superb, but not widely known.
The information from Jgruesen (01-05-11) was exactly as I remembered it. I lived in Atlanta for a couple of years in the mid-to-late 1980s, and I met John Fuselier - an ex-American Airlines (or was it Delta?) pilot - on a few occasions at Julian's Audio in Roswell, GA, just north of Atlanta. Both men were great guys. Julian said that John often listened to live music in clubs near the airport after flights, and developed an ear for the sound of live music.
Because reproduced music no longer "did it" for him, John began designing his own speakers. The drivers he used - and he supposedly tested just about everything available - were often Dynaudio and Seas, and I think Julian mentioned that Rich Acoustics in Alabama had made the cabinets for John. If I remember correctly, the Fuseliers had third- or fourth-order crossovers. (I think I still have a small brochure around somewhere.) The workmanship on all the speakers was first-rate.
One of my favorite models for the price was the 2.6, with a Dynaudio tweeter and a Seas woofer. However, all the Fuselier models were well-balanced, similar-sounding speakers, without the typical bass bump of many ported speakers. For me, it was their clarity and their reproduction of all the depth available in the recording that really made them stand out. Simply put, they sounded like live music. Once, while listening to a Billy Joel recording, I told Julian that I could almost see the sweat on Joels brow - the Fuseliers were that realistic.
As for the test by a major magazine, it was Audio magazine that tested the 3.8 (in 1989, I believe), giving it a very good review. I frankly thought the speaker sounded even better than its test results, good though they were.
I moved to California before I was able to buy a pair of the 2.6s, and when I couldn't find any in the Golden State, I bought Kevin Voecks-designed Snell Type Q speakers, which I still have and love. However, I wish that Fuselier had been more of a success, and had been more readily available. John had some great design ideas, and everyone who I dragged into the store to hear them (and there were several) was blown away.
