north creek music speaker kits

I'm apparently one his the last customers, but it's not the first purchase I have made from George. This guy knows his stuff. I have the Kitty Kat Revelators and they are wonderful. I have been using the Parts Express cabinets for break-in and until Lee finishes my cabinets. I wish I could hear the Manifest, it looks to be quite the statement. You can search for my other posts on this speaker. I'll try to do a review once I feel they are fully broken in. Cheers!

I built a set of George's Eska speakers, which are basically floor-standing Okara II MTM speakers. The crossovers are a work of art! MASSIVE inductors and great parts quality. The drivers are among the best available.

Your skills as a woodworker will determine the quality of the finished outcome. I'm a woodworking hacker, altho I've built quite a bit of furniture. But I will say that the Lee Taylor cabinets are extraordinarily fine looking. I started to build my own cabinets, but then I got busy at work and they sat for 6 months. So eventually I just ordered a set from Lee.

One thing I did notice. If you build your own cabinets according to George's guidelines, you'll have much more rigid and acousically inert boxes. When I carefully examined the ones Lee made, I found they do NOT have all the features of the designs that George suggests that you build. Specifically, the wood thickness of the front baffle is less, and the internal bracing is less. The internal damping and constrained-layer construction isn't there either. I never did finish my own cabinets, but sometime I will and do a comparison of the sound to the Lee Taylor cabinets.

The speakers themselves turned out to sound extremely nice. I needed speakers that could be close to walls, and these fit the bill. Great highs, nice midrange and clean but not very extended bass. I supplement with a Vandersteen subwoofer and I'm a happy camper.

Recommended! And the Manifest is a beauty! Wish I could afford them.

Good luck!

Frank

Well the Manifest's are done the cabinets were built by a local woodworker and he did follow Georges plans. He took about two months to build and it took Me 2 weeks to finish them. I put 5 coats of gloss poly on them they look great I will try and post some pics in the gallery soon. The sound is more than I could of hoped for they simply make music . I hope people that were on the fence about getting one of His kits did so before the end. The speakers only have a few hours on them so still breaking in I will post more as the hours of play time add up. I wish to thank George for a wonderful speaker design I hope a few other people had a chance to get this kit and here the magical sound . More to come later Marc

I emailed North Creek to inquire about their Manifest kit and they advised me these kit's are still in production
I thought the company had closed it's doors ?

Interested in knowing from fellow manifest owners how much did the cabinet and setup cost

Let me clarify my earlier posting... My understanding is that NorthCreek is exiting the KIT business, not going-out-of-business. I believe that if you visit northacoustics.com you will see several speakers, including the Manifest. The old website, northcreekmusic.com shows the kit product line. Hope this helps.