Battle of the Open Baffles

I just jumped into the OB world with some Tri-Art Open 5's and I'm really impressed so far with the sound I'm getting. So I'm now an OB fan. 

I'm not sure about brands based of LII audio drivers but i have heard some of Lii's stuff and they sounded good if not that refined, granted that was a while ago so things may have improved. I found the Lii 15" to be nice over all but lacking in extension and ultimate detail level. Build quality was ok but not great. 

I've also owned some speakers that Jay owned / reviewed and he thought were fantastic and they were rather basic sounding and not overly well made IMO. so his opinions are taken with a grain of salt for me, every other thing he reviews is the next best thing in audio, he's this type of reviewer IMO.  

Agreed, he does seem to chase the dragon concerning audio.  However, I am seeing more and more points indicating open baffle is really something to look at.  Are there any commercial speakers using LII drivers?

Pure Audio Project speakers should be in the battle as well—terrific sounding speakers.

It is rather amazing they are discounting the Maco Acoustics speakers by 40% for early adopters.  Bringing the plywood model fairly close to the price of the Caladans.

I thought reading between the lines that Jay was not as enthusiastic about the Maco as he might have been, but maybe just my imagination.