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Don't worry Romy, I know exactly what you mean. I tend to discount the opinion of anyone who raves about a system's ability to play back patricia barber. Speaking of which, if I were in her shoes, bunions and corns aside, I'd be mildly gutted that my fan base was comprised entirely of jazz-at-the-porn-shop worshippers.

I have a pal who has heard the 555 on the snail - says on some stuff (ie very simple music), it's astonishingly good, but that setup fell apart on complex material (or even tap dancing, if you're familiar with that story...). Having seen the phase pluig, I think it's actually a very good idea if you don't want to take the driver up into the treble - keeps things simple. Actually, if I were making my own driver, I might dispense with compression entirely; I think one of the big advantages of compression drivers over conventional is actually the lack of spider as much as anything. Complete aside: how about using shaped carbon or metallic foam instead of a phase plug?

Re the MAF crowd, despite never having met them in the flesh, I'm pretty damned sure the Cogent guys are a million miles from that description but reading it prompted a hearty belly laugh anyway, ta :-)
 
I know they aren't hopelessly brainwashed by the whole WE/vintage thing - their attitude seems to be to take the best the past and modern tech has to offer and improve it - viz. carbon fibre diaphragms, for example. Also Steve Schell's day job is tuning pianos...

All of which sounds very promising to me; I hope that I'll be able to afford a pair of their drivers when they're ready. Otherwise I'll have to sneak a lathe into the flat...

Cheers

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