Speaker Characteristics and Why?

[Geoffcin]

The thing that we can say about the AN designs, apart from some exotic materials in some models, is that they are extremely simple in fundamental design.

On the face of it $1550 is exorbitant for the Kit 02. The drivers strongly resemble Seas Prestige series, (mid-range), drivers. A pair of CA22RNX paper cone woofers would be under $200; a pair of 27TDFC soft dome tweeters under $90. The simple crossover would scarcely exceed with $100 with mid-quality capacitors of which there are only two per side. Add hardware and damping material for say $50. As for the cabinets, birch plywood, (but maybe not Baltic), would run maybe $120 -- if you settled for MDF more like $30!

... but oh! I forgot: there's the AN voodoo you're paying for.

So your saying that you could source with similar drivers, and build an ANe clone for about $500, and AN charges $1500 for the cheapest kit?!

For about $1500 I could switch out the mid-level tweeters in the AN kit for the top-of-the-line ScanSpeak Revelator tweeter http://www.madisound.com/store/produ...oducts_id=1581 and a matching Revelator woofer. https://www.madisound.com/store/prod...roducts_id=949 and STILL have money left over to a top quality crossover and box.

Wow, they even sell a kit that nearly matches;

https://www.madisound.com/store/prod...oducts_id=8591