I have a set of Markaudio Alpair 12P set in a "pencil style" cabinet with appropriate internal organs and ports of 1" B grade Baltic birch on 3 sides. The front baffle is 1 that's right 1 solid piece" of 1 !/2" of FAS bookend bird's eye maple. Near field they are fantastic. They are not for everyone, more of an extra to your systems. The speakers are extremely complex, fragile, difficult to make, it's pretty neat to read how they are made.
