Check this out!

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And the new look of the amps? Im sorry, but those amps look like they were made in the 70's. The wood grain in particular on the amp shown appears identical to paneling found in common 'single wides' , again, from the 70's. Seriously. The 'wood grain' look on audio equipment isn't new (besides on cones).

But the little passive crossover covers still look pretty nice. That's something, I guess?

A big meh! from me on this one. Sadly.

The wood on the amps is unfinished, FYI. It's natural and needs to be stained and finished. But who says you have to stick with wood? Paint it rather than stain it, make carbon fiber panels, makes some anodized aluminum panels, makes some from abs.... I won't judge them until they come to production. You never know... Maybe they haven't brought anything out because they've been spending a bit of time on R&D? They kind of HAD to do SOMETHING with the brand in order to differentiate it since they gave all the cool technology to MTX.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

I guess i prefer an amp that I dont need to modify to look good, if we are gonna talk aesthetics.

I know it was unfinished FYI, I can read. Does not change anything I said.

Yes, they've obviously been spending time on R&D to develope the hexagon shaped cone and 'real wood' cones. Kudos to those guys.

I assume the MTX thing was a joke.

 

[desertheat 10+ year member]

Ugly as hell to me. Not even high end wood grain, finish looks like it is from a 6th grade woodshop class. Surround on that sub looks like a dog made an black octogon coil on an old horse saddle.

Vifa did wood cones long ago, they sounded like crap. If vifa could not perfect them for the high end market, xtant sure as heck will miss the mark. Just an fyi.

Wish xtant kept the old mesh screen over hole designs. You know the ones with the razor sharp chassis that left you bleeding anytime you opened them? haha.

 

[Dingleberry 10+ year member]

I don't know why cardomain closed their audio store. I used to order carpets, power wire etc. Now it's part of the autoanything.com ring, therefore it sucks.

/rant

 

[nismos14 5,000+ posts]

LOl wtf...

 

[tRidiot 10+ year member]

This stuff sucks, IMO. I can't stand the look. Very disappointed in Xtant. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif