Rockport Ankaa and Anquila

amazingly enough to me, there seems to be very little interest in this speaker line. both by the media and the public. it is a shame. oh well their loss!

Great to see a thread about Rockport. After being on the audiophile upgrade path for 30 years, I got off after buying Antares in early 2001. I still love them. I guess I didn't really get off the path, because I did upgrade other components. The Antares made that process much easier than ever, though, and I have been off "the path" for several years now.

Koegz,
I agree that Rockports are great speakers and are underrepresented in terms of official reviews in the publications but I would say they have been receiving quite some attention in the past year. Here are two new reviews on the Ankaa and the Aquila:

http://www.stereotimes.com/speak081709.shtml
http://www.ultraaudio.com/equipment/rockport_technologies_ankaa.htm

And here are the mighty Arrakis at the center of some interesting online features/blogs:
http://www.avguide.com/blog/the-best-stereo-system-ive-ever-heard
http://www.ultraaudio.com/twbas/twbas_200909_rockport.htm
http://www.ultraaudio.com/twbas/twbas_200909_rockport.htm

Hope this helps.

Cmalak,

Thanks for the links. I had not not seen the Aquila review on Stereo Times before, and although there have been some other articles about the Rockport facilities on other websites, I had not seen the visit report from Jeff Fritz on Ultra Audio either.

I appreciate the links. Andy is on the cutting edge, and although all of his products are pretty wallet-busting (at least for this audiophile), I still like reading about his accomplishments.

Andy's products are first class. They measure well and sound great.

I almost bought a pair of Rockport speakers. Only reason I did not was due to side firing woofers and I have a realatively narrow room. I was concerned about bass cancellations when woofers are firing inward.

Any opinions?