Tom,
Also...after the Hale Transcendence 8's Paul built a new interesting looking flagship speaker, the Alexandra (or Alexandria), which can be seen down the page in this old CES 99 report:
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/wces99/speakers.htm
The few people who heard it absolutely raved about it. But since it never went in to production due to Hales folding soon afterward, it became something of a unicorn. Did you ever hear it?
Also...after the Hale Transcendence 8's Paul built a new interesting looking flagship speaker, the Alexandra (or Alexandria), which can be seen down the page in this old CES 99 report:
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/wces99/speakers.htm
The few people who heard it absolutely raved about it. But since it never went in to production due to Hales folding soon afterward, it became something of a unicorn. Did you ever hear it?