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<blockquote data-quote="n8skow" data-source="post: 8174596" data-attributes="member: 610656">I&#039;m not sure the &quot;6-months&quot; number was an indicator of constant turnover - just at some point during my friends employment - they had a whole new group of people assembling their woofers.The sloppy glue job isn&#039;t as worrisome to me as an apparent lack of caring by the QC person(s)... If I was looking at a woofer on a store shelf and it looked like it had been slapped together by a 5 year old - I&#039;d definitely be reaching for a different product. This seems to be a recurring issue - not just on the woofer in the video - but heck - I remember a teammate of mine ordering a pair of the 9917&#039;s back in &#039;03ish - and man those things looked raw and unpolished - I actually got metal splinters in my hand from the basket when we mounted them - ouch!... (thankfully they performed like we hoped - but they were far from from what I&#039;d call &#039;beautiful&#039; or refined.)Requiring the addition of a CF dustcap sounds like a terrible bandaid - but an excellent &#039;upsale&#039; opportunity for DD (it adds what, like another $40 to an already overpriced woofer?) Well played DD, well played... =)Concerning the neo-upgrade - slapping a neo ring on the outer edge of an existing magnetic field seems&nbsp; like it would only increase the magnetic field on the positive stroke,&nbsp; but then what happens on the negative stroke? I&#039;d love to see how one of these SC woofers perform on a Klippel analyzer - I&#039;m&nbsp; suspecting a very lop-sided and non-linear moving mass from having an asymmetrical BL curve. I did read an article about an SPL competitor gaining 1.5-2 db going with the SC upgrade (and Jacob at Sundown seemed to concur it was likely to gain in SPL), which was interesting... but then I guess SPL isn&#039;t about being sounding good (though obviously a subjective experience).Also on the SC topic (as it&#039;s applied on these &#039;upgrades&#039; - not as a all-neo motor) also causes a higher impedance rise, meaning it&#039;s going to be more difficult to get power into the woofer - as well as a definable saddle-shaped response curve in terms of frequency reproduction.I acknowledge the W7&#039;s are crazypriced as well - but at least they deliver on the quality end, both in build and musicality.Would I pay what they want for them - no, but it&#039;s nice to know some companies out there still flaunt good craftsmanship.&nbsp; =)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="n8skow, post: 8174596, member: 610656"] I'm not sure the "6-months" number was an indicator of constant turnover - just at some point during my friends employment - they had a whole new group of people assembling their woofers. The sloppy glue job isn't as worrisome to me as an apparent lack of caring by the QC person(s)... If I was looking at a woofer on a store shelf and it looked like it had been slapped together by a 5 year old - I'd definitely be reaching for a different product. This seems to be a recurring issue - not just on the woofer in the video - but heck - I remember a teammate of mine ordering a pair of the 9917's back in '03ish - and man those things looked raw and unpolished - I actually got metal splinters in my hand from the basket when we mounted them - ouch!... (thankfully they performed like we hoped - but they were far from from what I'd call 'beautiful' or refined.) Requiring the addition of a CF dustcap sounds like a terrible bandaid - but an excellent 'upsale' opportunity for DD (it adds what, like another $40 to an already overpriced woofer?) Well played DD, well played... =) Concerning the neo-upgrade - slapping a neo ring on the outer edge of an existing magnetic field seems like it would only increase the magnetic field on the positive stroke, but then what happens on the negative stroke? I'd love to see how one of these SC woofers perform on a Klippel analyzer - I'm suspecting a very lop-sided and non-linear moving mass from having an asymmetrical BL curve. I did read an article about an SPL competitor gaining 1.5-2 db going with the SC upgrade (and Jacob at Sundown seemed to concur it was likely to gain in SPL), which was interesting... but then I guess SPL isn't about being sounding good (though obviously a subjective experience). Also on the SC topic (as it's applied on these 'upgrades' - not as a all-neo motor) also causes a higher impedance rise, meaning it's going to be more difficult to get power into the woofer - as well as a definable saddle-shaped response curve in terms of frequency reproduction. I acknowledge the W7's are crazypriced as well - but at least they deliver on the quality end, both in build and musicality. Would I pay what they want for them - no, but it's nice to know some companies out there still flaunt good craftsmanship. =) [/QUOTE]

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