Just now learning about the Audio Note's and entertained to realize that while several of these speakers (Devore, Omega, Zu, and Audio Note) follow the 2-way 8" woofer formula, the Audio Note history literally admits they are descended from my $900 Snell E/iii's. So proud my 18-year old self picked them back when I had better hearing and no money. But $30k for the latest version? idk... Am I right in noticing that Audio Note is using a customized version of a Seas woofer in their AlNiCo version? The basket legs look identical but it looks like Seas gave them a bit of a cone customization. The tweeter doesn't seem to match the Seas. The off-the-shelf version of Seas' Alnico woofer/tweeter set sell for $2400 a set. Maybe I'll find a "rough" set of E/iii's and put these Seas drivers in them. Interesting that AN was able to keep the overall efficiency up at 95 dB when the stock woofer is 94 dB. oh wait- a bunch of people on the web already had the same idea and have already tried it. sigh.
