Incredibly musical small single driver, hand-made w/caramelized bamboo enclosure. These things really sing. If you dig small-group jazz, female vocals, acoustic anything, these puppies will make you smile. Just don't under any circumstances use a high powered SS amp with these or that 3.5 inch full-range driver will come right out of the enclosure into your lap.$335 + shipping and 3% for paypal fee. Here is how Clark & Molly Blumentstein describe their products: "One way to understand the uniqueness of the construction of our speakers is to list off the physical parts they do not have and then list back what they do have. They have no damping, no tweeter, no extraneous drivers, no capacitors, resistors or inductors (no crossover), no equalization, (no BSC, no Zobel network, etc.), no biscuits, no miters, no paint, no primer, no lacquer, no solderless clips, no grill cloth, no nails, no threaded inserts, no spikes, no unnecessary curves, no nameplate, no structural plastic, no terminal cups, no removable panels, and no internal chambers.
More wood and less everything else. Instead of allowing the acoustic environment of the speaker cabinet to be slowed down by all those unnecessary design crutches, Blumenstein speakers are made of just wood, glue, and finish. These simple ingredients, kept in balance, produces a totally natural sound free from the typical anomalies (frequency, phase, dynamic, and impulse response) that are considered to be par for the course handicaps to traditional speaker designs. For instance, The necessity to attain a flat frequency response led us to use technically slightly less efficient single driver speakers, but mounted to stronger and lighter weight, undamped, and therefore energy efficient cabinets. The end result is a high efficiency speaker that wakes up sooner and is better matched to the creamier sounding range of power output from your amplifier. Also, as a rare treat from a single driver speaker design, our speakers actually make bass! Our unique high efficiency bass reflex cabinets are not trying to cover up nasty high frequencies with wads of speaker stuffing. And so the bass from our speakers is uncharacteristically powerful, "in room," and well defined. But moreover, we are focused on making speakers that are appropriate for the human environment - your actual home. We are focused on making speakers that yield extraordinary results in normal situations and every day volume levels as well as higher volumes in critical listening environments." It's not hype. Thats what they do
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