XL UPDATE - ACOUSTICS APPROVED - NOW IN PRODUCTION
We did a serious listening test of the final 4 variations and decided on #6 in the graph below. As I have always said, never trust response curves solely as "the fit is the sound" and your individual ear crafts the final response curve - like a room and speakers. Having said that, it is helpful to take a peek at the machine responses AFTER we test with our golden ears.
I delegated (hard for me to type) my team handle the golden ear tests as I do not have big enough ears to be a customer for this product. I trust this team, they are a hand-picked group of true hi-fi fanatics who have helped me tune the M-series and VAMP. We even do hearing test audiograms to make sure we can hear properly when testing.
Whew- so, there we go - I finally green lighted mass production and I'll have dates soon.
Other Projects
We launched BoomPro/CoilPro and are launching Tuono (the short lightning cable). Now I must focus on other future products in the works and setting up our international distribution channels and new Europe offices (Milan and Germany). AUSTRALIA is launching in a few days, Italy and Dubai launched a few weeks ago. And I have some
VERY SPECIAL news to announce soon.
It is quite incredible to me, I cannot wait to reveal it (and no this special news is different is not a product).
One country at a time!
Final XL Cushion test candidates (again solid evidence that flatter is not always better when it comes to FR curves as your ear shapes the sound more than the FR data):