Quote Originally Posted by RGA
I chose the King Sound panel as one of the best rooms I heard at CES and Martin Logan was very close. I also very much like the Quad 2905. Contrary to what view. I have illustrated that in fact I like panels - at least some panels - just as I like some boxed speakers.

As for Audio Note and who copies them - well Audio Note copied Snell - Snell copied L.L. Beranek. I am not sure I understand the logic of copying. Since you can buy a kit and build it yourself a second company would have to start building them and undercut Audio Note - since msot companies are interested in appearance it's not exactly something to copy. And then you also have to copy it and make it better. I do not see too many people copying magnepan either but that does not mean that magnepan is "bad" it means that a company is better off producing their own stuff and differentiating themselves from the rest of the field.
Yes, you have praised the King Sound on occassion and it's a panel; I must concede that. In the post you deleted , you did seems to condemn ribbons unreservedly, but not all panels are ribbons nor all ribbons panels.

My point about copying, (emulating, or whatever), AN speakers is simply that it could be easily be done. Any why not if if were workth doing? It's not like ANs are all that cheap: somebody could rip them off at a much lower price, lower even than the kits.

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