Have 300b MB want a killer pair of Hi-Eff speakers

Rsf507:

In my case it was because I had the chance to demo the Tonians at a Trade show. Given the amount of $ PHY speakers cost, I could not justify buying one without listening to it first. Since Tony is based in Southern California and is the US PHY distributor, it makes sense that more people here probably have a chance to listen to his speaker vs. the others. Tony also sells cheaper (Fostex) based speakers so I think he also gets folks who like the Fostex trading up to the PHY and AER based models over time.

Silbelius,
What is the crossover point from the PHY driver to the ribbon tweeter?`ve read that it`s seamless.

How is this speaker with acoustic(non amplified) jazz instruments?
Thanks,

GR Research Super V.

Charles:

My understanding is that since Tony is using a Supertweeter the X-over is in the neighborhood of 15Khz. It's seemless because the PHY is essentially running as a full range single driver with the supertweeter adding some sparkle on the very top end.

The reason I purchased the Tonians is because unamplified Classical music (symphonies and chamber music) is my reference and I thought the Tonians did this better than any other speaker I heard at the Trade show (Last year's California Audio Show in Northern California).

Sibelius,
Thanks for the information, I had no idea a 12 inch driver could perform that far up the frequency range. It`s sad that the maker of this great driver, MR. Bernard Salabert has recently passed on. He was a one man operation(for the most part) with PHY-HP, I hope the company is able to carry on without his brilliance.