New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan

Hope his new company knocks it out of the park!  Design and materials look solid enough.  A beacon in the fog of ‘me too’ mediocrity.  Sadly, I will not contribute in the immediate future as I’ve long since committed to my stable of mostly Brit and Swiss based kit.  However, I can encourage others to shun the mass marketers of dreck.

Look forward to the first impressions.

Specs and information:

• 1.5″ THICK BAFFLE CRAFTED FROM SOLID AMERICAN HARDWOOD OR PAINTED MDF
• DRIVERS: TWIN 12 INCH DIA. STUDIO-GRADE BASS/MID UNITS ONE 1.125 INCH DIA. WIDE-RANGE SILK DOME TWEETER
• WIRING: JUPITER TWISTED PAIR IN COTTON
• FREQUENCY RANGE: 32Hz–20kHz +/- 2dB
• SENSITIVITY: 93 dB 1W/1M
• IMPEDANCE: 4 Ohm
• INPUT: WBT NEXTGEN 0703 BINDING POST. BANANA, SPADE AND BARE WIRE
• FEET: ISOACOUSTICS GAIA III

Can you say loss leader? Sure! I knew you could!!

What do you mean by “loss leader”?

Conmoto,

It refers to selling a product at little or no profit, or even at a loss to attract customers to a new product or company.....often times to get a good public response and "buzz" for the company. Not really a derogatory term, unless intended that way.

The Gaia feet alone are $50 each retail, or $300 for all six, the WBT binding posts are $45 each or $180 for four.....that's just about $500 just for the feet and binding posts per pair. It appears the caps, resistors, air core inductors, and wiring are also rather high grade....though I can't recall exactly what they are off of memory. Not sure about the driver costs.

Overall he seems to be selling a very high quality product for an extremely fair price, Having no middle man (dealer network) also helps greatly.