Final-Audio New Series electrostatics


I am a fan of Final-Audio Electrostatic speakers.  I have transitioned to the current models.  Any others out there in audio land using the newest iterations?  The M series.

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@pinwa  I was at an audiophile society gathering a few months ago and we were listening to different genre of music favorites through a great system consisting of Luxman monobloc’s and Quad I believe 2729 speakers.  The music presented was some of the best I had heard it.  One member suggested a specific bass track be played and when the host played it at a moderately loud volume, there was a loud, scary "flapping" kind of resonance coming from the speakers !  We were all surprised and it was fortunate that the host muted it immediately.  Luckily, there appeared to be no damage to the speakers, but the host was particularly unnerved about it.  Apparently, there is a low frequency resonant point on those speakers that the specific cut of music hit.  The host said he had never heard that on anything he’s played, and he’s had these speakers for a few years.  I have the Final Model 12+’s and am still in the 350 hour break in process, but I haven’t experienced that with my M12+’s even playing Bela Fleck’s "Flight of the Cosmic Hippo" fairly loudly.  I’m surprised at the bass output of these M12+’s and so far, am very pleased with the sound.  I hope I don’t run into any arcing when playing loudly !  

Hi All...  Just thought I'd post a picture of my M12+'s in my listening space...  I special ordered them with the clear panels and really like them that way.  

Thanks @pinwa , for the tracks.

I also appreciate seeing other owners out there (although mine haven't arrived yet). I wondered how the market penetration has been. I've seen almost no coverage of Final's speakers aside from mentions or slightly more than mentions in show coverage. I did run into one of the professional reviewers at CanJam Dallas last year. We were standing in line waiting a turn at the Warwick Acoustics (electrostat headphone brand) isolation box/booth. This guy said he'd heard them at one of the shows and wanted to get a pair in to review, just hadn't gotten that worked out yet. Hopefully that arrangement does and that there are more.

I have no idea about the demand side but production on the M35s and shipment into the US has been very slow.  I believe the first M35 was delivered in December and I got the second unit towards the end of January.  I suspect there are still only a handful of units here but I don't know that for a fact and I have no idea what shipments in to Europe have been like.  It is a  brand new product and technology for Final so I think it has taken time to increase production.  They have also run into some issues with customs that have created problems.