Hi gang,

Well, as many of you know, I’ve been working on a Great Plains 604 based project for over 2 years now. My progress slowed considerably 6 months ago, and over the last 6-8 weeks, it has stalled completely.

I’ve come to realize that life is just too busy now to finalize this project, so I’m getting ready to raise the white flag. I guess something like this is better done during retirement! I already sold my tube amplifier, so I now have two magnificent loudspeakers sitting quietly in my living room.

I’m embarrassed to admit how much I have invested in them. The cabinets were made by a craftsman that specializes in custom cabinetry for multi-million dollar homes. Most of his handiwork is in excess of $100K. I used a proven cabinet design, with input from a variety of kind and generous individuals. I had actually dreamed of turning this project into a very small, boutique commercial venture, custom building speakers for clients. The cabinet construction was heavily documented with photo’s, and I can obtain the drawings, which were done by hand, yet look like they were generated by a CAD program. The drawings themselves are magnificent, and were done so the system could be mass-produced if desired. I even used commercial parts, such as gold binding posts, polypropylene inserts for the ports, etc.

I have two sets of XO’s, the original Great Plains set, and a custom set that was built by a wonderful gentleman out of Chicago, who lives and breathes these types of drivers. They are built on Plexiglass boards, hand wired and soldered point-to-point. They're magnificent! He is certainly on the brink of a breakthrough with this XO.

I guess I’m looking for some advice on selling the speakers. I realize that is a very special speaker system, so an ad in my local newspaper won’t cut it. I don’t even know how to value them. Of course to me, they’re worth a million!

Any input or advice would be most appreciated!

Thanks!