I too have been on a multi-year long quest for articulation in a speaker.
Having a friend that has Soundlab U1's I can say that they definitely have this quality, as well as the Sunny horn speakers that Clement Perry uses.
Both are huge speakers, however that didn't fit my needs.
So that leads me to let the cat out of the bag a little earlier than I had planned to announce this new speaker. Also I am going to be a dealer for this product, so take that for what is worth.
People may have read about (or heard) the $100K Symposium Panorama that was voted best of show twice be several reviewers.
Symposium is about to release the same planar technology in a much smaller speaker in the under $20K range - called the Reflection.
I have heard this speaker several times at the manufacturer, and I was often shocked by what I heard in very familiar recordings. Just one example of a non musical event - in listening to Rickie Lee Jones Pop Pop, I had to ask Peter, the designer, sitting next to me if he just took a deep breath. In other excellent designs, you can hear the performers breathing slightly, but in this design, it literally took these micro events buried in the mix and brought them to life, as I have never heard before. Another example of a pop recording with flutes - Sufjan Stevens Illinoise - the flutes became these undulating columns of air - fleshed out in a manner that I am unaccustomed to in reproduced recordings.
The entire baffle-less midrange/treble planer panel completely floats on springs, as does the entire speaker float on Rollerblocks.
Is the industry ready for yet another monitor, who knows, but at least I have found a reasonably sized speaker capable of revealing the resolution I always knew was there, but being hidden by most traditional designs, no matter how well built.
Having a friend that has Soundlab U1's I can say that they definitely have this quality, as well as the Sunny horn speakers that Clement Perry uses.
Both are huge speakers, however that didn't fit my needs.
So that leads me to let the cat out of the bag a little earlier than I had planned to announce this new speaker. Also I am going to be a dealer for this product, so take that for what is worth.
People may have read about (or heard) the $100K Symposium Panorama that was voted best of show twice be several reviewers.
Symposium is about to release the same planar technology in a much smaller speaker in the under $20K range - called the Reflection.
I have heard this speaker several times at the manufacturer, and I was often shocked by what I heard in very familiar recordings. Just one example of a non musical event - in listening to Rickie Lee Jones Pop Pop, I had to ask Peter, the designer, sitting next to me if he just took a deep breath. In other excellent designs, you can hear the performers breathing slightly, but in this design, it literally took these micro events buried in the mix and brought them to life, as I have never heard before. Another example of a pop recording with flutes - Sufjan Stevens Illinoise - the flutes became these undulating columns of air - fleshed out in a manner that I am unaccustomed to in reproduced recordings.
The entire baffle-less midrange/treble planer panel completely floats on springs, as does the entire speaker float on Rollerblocks.
Is the industry ready for yet another monitor, who knows, but at least I have found a reasonably sized speaker capable of revealing the resolution I always knew was there, but being hidden by most traditional designs, no matter how well built.