I've heard nothing but good things about Mr. Palkovic and will definitely contact him but am also interested in hearing from owners in this regard. Primarily interested in differences between the two models and what kind of sonic signature they have.
On another note, why oh why do so many designers make hyper-detailed, fatiguing speakers? I just recently "home auditioned" a well know and well regarded model which my wife immediately declared "cold sounding" and later said it was so transparent and detailed that it sounded harsh and tiring . I had to admit that the sound of these beautiful to look at speakers could be a bit hard and etched, especially (as usual) brass, female vocals, piano, etc. And this with a 300B amp!! By the way, the designer of the speaker personally informed me the model would "work great with your amp" and was an SET friendly design as regards sensitivity, impedance, phase angle. What is the purpose of this sound concept?
On another note, why oh why do so many designers make hyper-detailed, fatiguing speakers? I just recently "home auditioned" a well know and well regarded model which my wife immediately declared "cold sounding" and later said it was so transparent and detailed that it sounded harsh and tiring . I had to admit that the sound of these beautiful to look at speakers could be a bit hard and etched, especially (as usual) brass, female vocals, piano, etc. And this with a 300B amp!! By the way, the designer of the speaker personally informed me the model would "work great with your amp" and was an SET friendly design as regards sensitivity, impedance, phase angle. What is the purpose of this sound concept?