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In Reply to: There's a lot to be said posted by mbnx01 on August 1, 2009 at 18:35:09:
I follow the nuts and bolts of the industry so I can make an independent judgment on value for money. I actually think that we are in a Golden Age of loudspeaker cabinet quality, both wooden (e.g.g., Aerial, Magico) and non-wooden (Wilson Audio Specialties). Look at the woodwork of an Aerial 20T--that quality was not really available in loudspeakers 20 year ago. And the finish on a Sophia II was not even dreamed of.
However, in order to get the insane fit-n-finish of the 20T cabinets, Aerial had to outsource the work to Hornslet, IIRC in Denmark, where they have amazing CNC machines that do things that would be cost-prohibited to guys with a workbench, miter box, clamps, and jigs--period, end of story. The downside is that you can't go to a factory like Hornslet with a scrawled-upon lunch-counter napkin, you need CAD-CAM files. And you have to order cabinets in quantity to make them at all affordable. I believe that Hornslet makes the cabinet for the Magico Mini.
I was talking to a loudspeaker manufacturer yesterday who was so pleased about changing over to CNC, but the upfront costs were daunting/scary.
I can't imagine a young person today with a passion and talent for woodworking going into making loudspeaker cabinets. The money has to be much better in custom cabinetry and fine home-building. Who wants to glue veneer on rectangular boxes all day? Sounds like a good job to outsource to a prison program, no, I am not joking.
It is possible that eventually Alan Shaw will have no choice but to outsource Harbeth's cabinets to Hornslet.
Ciao,
JM
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