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Mr. Witmer seems like a very thoughtful and well-spoken person who is taken with the aesthetics/approach of various Japanese sound Senseis, most of whom are in turn rooted in "historical" American and/or English audio sensibilities.  I'm afraid I made some unkind remarks in response to an AA post of Witmer's a few years back, when he extolled and passed on acrane literature from the then proto-company that does this stuff, or it was one so similar that I am not able to discern a difference at this time.  Anyway, the gist of that post was that these guys had used super-exotic materials and artisan craftsmanship to create a 4" "full-range" driver that was housed in a furniture/instrument grade Helmholtz box, which the literature claimed gave a realistic, full-scale representation of [orchestral] music.

Although I wish I had been more circumspect in my response, yet I do not see any real difference in the tone of the company's present approach; perhaps it is a little more "tech-y" now.  At most, I am idly curious about what might be done with one of these drivers; certainly I would ask considerably less from any one of them than these fellows ostensibly do.

Right now it looks like the high-quality drivers they build could be adapted/modified and put to better use than their own speakers have done.

While this is not so different from other audio "products" in general, I always hope and keep watch for a "product" that is actually developed through musical/sonic evolution rather than the repetition and glorification of [archaic] conceptual mantras.

The French "Phy" stuff also looks interesting, in a sort-of similar way.

Best regards,
Paul S

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