Altec Model 23?

[bowtie427ss]

Those do look nice.
Lack of attention to detail?

Lack of detail period. If you own or have owned 19's, the difference is immediately noticeable.

For a lot of folks it's probably picking nits, to me it's the difference between "genuine" and "faux".

Of course we're not talking about details that are audible. But they are huge differences if we're talking accurate copy/clone of model 19 versus reasonable facsimile of model 19.

The one that really screams at me off the bat is the missing 1/8-3/16 "kerf" that forms a boundary between the front edges of the bass section panels and the baffle.

It's a non-functional detail, and it would add a great deal of complexity for a builder that yields no significant gain other than to possibly "fool" a few individuals. For all but a handful of builders it's an impractical detail to copy. As a DIYer with a bit of cabinetmaker in his blood i can appreciate why one builder would omit this detail while another would strive to duplicate it perfectly. Neither builder is wrong in their pursuit, IMO.

Just my .02.............