Audio Nirvana Drivers

I meant to state that I can put my head at the bottom of the speaker cabinets and hear the bass they produce. At the bottom of each of the cabinets are two 3" round ports, 1" in length. There is a clearance of 1 3/4" between the base of the cabinet and the wood platform below it. This is where the additional bass is generated, which is very audible close up. 

In November 2018 I purchased the Audio Nirvana Super 8 Plus Alnico horns and built some very custom (veneered) Japanese Tamu Ash 2.8 cabinets (with down firing ports). My background is building custom cabinets, and it has always been on my bucket list to build a pair of speakers. I did a lot of research and spoke with Audio Nirvana owner David Dicks a few times. David said that he never had experience with someone building the 2.8 cabinets with down firing ports, so it was uncharted territory what kind of bass they would produce.

After sending David pictures of the completed speakers, David told me they were some of the most beautiful speakers he had seen.

Of course, what matters most is how do the speakers sound. When first turned on, compared to my Silverline Grandeur II speakers, the Audio Nirvana speakers sounded thin and lifeless. Where was the detail?

What I discovered is these speakers need a lot of play time to break in and produce a good balance of sound through the audio range. I can put my head at the bottom of the speakers and hear the bass they are producing.

My Super 8 Plus speakers will never come close to getting as low as my Grandeur II speakers, but they have a balance of sound that appeals to me. I don't "feel" the treble or bass missing on most music, it just sounds real. Because of the depth of music these speakers reproduce, I can immediately tell a well produced recording from an average to poor one. When it's a well-produced recording, these speakers draw me into the music like no other speaker I have ever owned.