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Joe Roberts wrote:

… our goal for the speaker is "big horn sound in normal sized rooms"--and 8W will do that.

I think I missed it. This is erectly what I disagree with. I do not feel that a single driver dipole speaker is capable to produce “big sound”. Imposable, at least I never hear it and I leave for Joe to define what he meant by the phase the “big horn sound”. A single driver dipole never produces “big sound” and never maintain the size of Sound across dymick range. Of course “never say never” but I report what I know and what I’ve experienced. There are methods to make a single driver to “sound like big” (insertion of out of phase leaks) but it make very primitive “big sound” able to satisfy just superficial observers.

I personally feel that Silbatone involvement into Manger was a mistake. They will play with it, Joe will blow steam for them on web and the soon or later it will come to Silbatone that it was not fruitful direction. I do like some aspects of the Aporia horn but the single driver stupid notion and the use of off the wall driver made the Silbatone efforts froutless. I am saying it without hearing the Aporia, if I did I would I am very confident that I would be much more specific about the problems with Aporia Sound.

Now, a few predictions. Next year, if the Silbatone folks are no fool. then will discard the stupid Aporia and will come up with a new loudspeaker. This speaker will make an attempt to capitalize the marketing memento that Silbatone will collect by demoing their WE gear. The speaks will be contemporary Silbatone production and not a direct remake of the WE but still made in the way that would allow the Silbatone’s marketing folks (Joe and others) to make customers to feel that Silbatone Company in a way is a prolongation of the WE fame. That will be a smart move for Silbatone and that will allow the Silbatone folks to cash out a bit on their WE collecting. The most interesting thing will be to see what kind speaker the Silbatone will come up next to “compete” with WE.  Personally I do not know who behind the Silbatone. If behind Silbatone is a Korean duplicate of Joe then I would not expect too much. The reason is that I am not very impressed with Joe’s interpretation of the WE experience.  He create a publicity and excitement about the subjects but without looking into the underling reasons and the way how to practically design-wise to capitalize on the reasons. I hope the Silbatone folks will look a bit deeper and will interpret this familiarity with WE in more practical and more design-wise beneficial outcome.

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