Vandersteen Model 7s?

..sorry about the unclear post... 80% of performance. My 5A's are Kawazinga wood...GORGEOUS... I even commissioned an artist for a group of paintings with the grain of the speakers as the background...I probably will just upgrade the 5A (will that be a 5B?)

Stringreen,

What is Kawazinga wood? How about adding a picture to your system?

I have rotary cut ebony, which is extremely unusual and not available any longer. It is quite unusual and beautiful.

I wonder what the effect on sales of the 7 will be if only offered in high gloss paint colors.

Hi Zargon...Yes the ebony is beautiful. A friend had that and I was hard pressed to order the ebony or the Kawazinga. I am a violinist, and make my living with ebony all over my instrument which was an attractive idea...I love the deep red and black grain.... If you go on the Vandersteen site you can see what the grain of Kawazinga looks like...but it's WAY nicer than the picture just like the picture of the ebony doesn't do it justice. I'd be glad to post a picture of my system, but I don't know how to do it. Let me know if you can tell me...Thanks

I'm surprised that the wood vaneers won't be an option(if this is true). My 5As are gloss black which was my wife's idea because it fits in with the decor of our basement. Although I wouldn't have chosen it initially, I now really like it and she was right, it does fit in better. So I guess I can imagine black or shades of silver/grey but I'm not sure red, yellow, green or other colors would look right. Maybe the vaneers don't work well with the carbon fiber body? Only time will tell but I do think this is an exciting development. $40000 is a bit more than I'd want to spend now but the upgrade route is a possibility depending on the price and feedback. I'm guessing that to upgrade the 5A would require shipment to the factory. Does anyone have any idea if this is true or what the cost might be?

I had breakfast with Richard at RMAF, he showed me a cone made from the new material (he had a patent pending on it at the time). It was quite impressive- amazingly stiff and super light. He said that the first breakup on the woofer was at 18KHz if I recall right- simply amazing. I am really looking forward to seeing what this speaker is all about.