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August # 3

The Story

Every once and a while we are contacted by an individual who really wants pull out all the stops. This pair of HT3's is the most ambitious we have produced to date.

Kirk Lesiacsek was looking for something really stunning. So we searched for quite a while and found a spectacular piece of solid figured bubinga lumber. This board was really special.

As we talked about how to take maximum advantage of it, we decided to produce full-length front baffles. And since mounting the woofer flush with this baffle would put it 1/2" forward of where it is normally installed, we decided to inset it 1/2" into the solid wood baffle and round over the cut-out.

This resulted in a very handsome detail we will probably use often into the future.

The bubinga lumber was quite a bit more red than the bubinga veneer used on the sides of the cabinet. So we decided to spray a light coat of red aniline dye on the veneer to help match it up. It turned out to be a great idea.

Kirk also decided to upgrade to Sonicaps, DH labs internal wiring and more.

When we were finishing up the cabinets, Kirk called to ask how things were going. I told him that I thought they were spectacular, but if they were mine, I would definitely hand rub the finish (a costly, labor-intensive process). They were just too nice not to.

Kirk thought about it for a few seconds and said "go for it." We did, and the results were stunning. After finishing them, I walked past them every once and a while over the next few days. Each time I did, I found them to be stunning.

Every once and a while we produce a pair of speakers we REALLY hate to ship. This pair was definitely in that class.

Happy listening Kirk!

What's next?

Bubinga HT1's. Stay tuned...

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