The usual review that tells us very little. Typical big magazine review. He likes it slightly better than the $5000 original version (seems like a lot of money for very little gain). Then he does not compare it to the speaker he has there...his Focal speaker. So, what do we know about this speaker versus anything else? Nothing!!!!! The big magazines are about revenue and marketing. They do not want to say something bad about anything....because they want the advertising dollars and the reviewers do not want to break any ties they have with the manufacturers (in case they want to buy something for half price later on or review something else).....you understand, most big magazine reviewers get their equipment for half price.
I bet a better version of the speaker would be to just use the single beryllium tweeter and do an outboard xover that upgrades all the parts to world class (much better than the upgraded parts from Tekton).....Then you would damp the woofer baskets....damp the heck out out of the cabinet, and felt the whole tweeter arrays.....yes, felt around all the tweeters, so the only thing not felted are the domes. I have a friend with the Ulfberht speakers and he did that with noticeable increase in focus and purity. The tweeter/tweeter midranges are all bleeding to all the others and also diffracting off each other and the edges of the cabinet. Of course, the speaker would sound much better if the woofers were time aligned with the tweeter arrays. This is why I like making my own speaker.....I can do EVERYTHING I can (within my budget). Stay tuned for my open baffle super speaker reveal.