I agree that their pricing is quite competitive for such cabinetry, but openly displaying such a driver at this price level doesn't seem a good marketing move. Ditto using a decidedly industrial looking horn considering what's available these days.

Regardless, based on the pair I recommended to a neighbor for a DJ app some years ago, either Eminence has changed the design or these folks must be doing more than electronically smoothing them because his had an 'edge' to them that from memory made Symbiotiks sound positively super smooth in comparison. It wasn't just us either, a manufacturer successfully using them in a different app [and why I recommended them] finally admitted that his versions were Eminence tweaked, so internally they were more than just brand specific labeled.

Fortunately, a light, airbrushed coating of dammar combined with some damping in the driver/horn junction took care of it once EQ'd ~flat, but the former falls outside the 'comfort zone' of most DIYers. Who knows? Maybe the tweaked versions are standard now that they are no longer brand specific, but short of auditioning a new pair I don't consider these drivers a viable alternative to Altec/GPA except possibly in a limited BW app.

Jerry McNutt should know, so does anyone have his published email address or forum he can be contacted at? All my records are MIA for now.

GM