I'm sitting here tonight pretty much in awe...

[P.I.]

Danny Richie and I have been friends for many years.  We've talked about, colluded and conspired over many things over the years.  I was in Iowa Park at the beginning of the year and heard his new designs:  Allie and Maddie.  They are bipolar with a 3" driver running from ~ 220Hz up with an identical driver on the back providing an "open baffle" type of response.  The LF are handled by his M165 driver.  -3dB @ ~ 36Hz in room (dimensions help).

I've been doing this for a very long time. I've owned and built countless speakers since I was 14.  These speakers are so incredibly coherent, seamless and absolutely transparent.  Do they have shortcomings?  Sure.  15kHz and up are soft, but then so am I up there... I'm 78.  It is their ability to communicate that is astounding.  Vocals are "they are here".  The soundstage is a quarter hemisphere that begins at the front plane of the speakers and extends 15-20 feet deep.  Timbre, PRAT and localization is bonkers.

If you are ever in Albuquerque, look me up.

[Nick B]

Partners in crime.... It's great to have long lasting friendships. My oldest goes back to being a freshman in high school.

How long have you had these? It's tough to imagine that kind of depth. I respect Danny and learn from his utube videos. A few years ago, I was thinking about buying one of Danny's kits. But the cabinet assembly was the sticking point. I am not a woodworking guy and the assembled unit with labor and shipping would've been hefty. But one of these days I hope to listen to some of his speakers.

Is the room just about done?

[S Clark]

Danny has always had a great ear.  Over the decades he has added the experience to understand what he's hearing.  Put those together and he's one of the very top speaker designers out there.  His top stuff is easily on par with big name, big price companies.  But I'm biased.  He's the reason I re-energized about stereo about 20 years ago when I took my physics classes up to his house back in the mid 2000's.  Danny is how I connected to Dave all those years ago.   

[P.I.]

Danny has always had a great ear.  Over the decades he has added the experience to understand what he's hearing.  Put those together and he's one of the very top speaker designers out there.  His top stuff is easily on par with big name, big price companies.  But I'm biased.  He's the reason I re-energized about stereo about 20 years ago when I took my physics classes up to his house back in the mid 2000's.  Danny is how I connected to Dave all those years ago.   

I'm glad we did!

[P.I.]

I've been "doing" audio since 1964.  I built a speaker cabinet for our lead guitar player that was loaded with Norelco alnico twin cones.  My pay was a pair of those 12" drivers.  I built boxes with zero knowledge for them.  It was the Dawn of Stereo.  Next, I built Dynakit MkIII for PA use for our band and many others.  I built over 30 of them over about 5 years.

When I was a longhair rock and roller living in the band house, we had 4 Altec A7-500s stacked horn to horn driven by 4 MkIIIs.  This coupled with me being a drummer (affectionately referred to as "our concussionist") pretty much explains my low level tinnitus... exacerbated by firearms over the years.

Whatever.

I've learned over the years to listen to, through and into recordings knowing what and how things should sound.  Years in studios listening to "reference monitors" taught me a lot. Main monitors were UREI 811 with Altec 604E drivers with Don Long crossovers.  The standard studio meter bridge monitor in the 80' was and still is  in some studios, the Yamaha NS10.  It was the nastiest, widely sold speaker of the era. Purpously chosen.  If a mix would be OK on them, it would not be offensive in broadcast or at home. To me, harsh sounds harsh, dull sounds dull, detailed sounds detailed and smooth sounds smooth.  I don't hear textbook perfectly, but I understand what I'm hearing.

My Maddies simply disappear.  I'm not listening to my system, I'm hearing the recording.  It's not a "you are there", more a "they are here" presentation.  All of this on my break-in system that is doing the job until I finish my listening room remodel and flesh out my real system.

I'm listening to Sting - Fields of Gold and the stage is wall to wall, stupid deep and absolutely coherent.

Coherency is the soul of PRAT.

You really need to make a trip to hear Music.