These are looking really great. I think that a sound test between the two would really help people decide between whether reflex or paradox is preferred since it's hard to say how big of a difference the reflex will make on the sound. I personally think paradox looks nicer but don't know how big of a difference the vents on the bottom will make on sound.
Thanks! I don't have any quality microphone, only what is on my phone or webcam, so not sure if it will pickup anything useful... also the auto-leveling EQ on these devises likely will even out any differences in volume. Anyway I'll see what I can do when the prototypes are received.
When are the full protos expected to arrive?
That is a great question!!!
It should have arrived this week, however the factory reported that there were color unevenness on the dark grey hard coat anodizing finish. They offered to paint over or re-anodize the part, however I rejected the proposals and asked them to re-machine the case, and anodize the new part in hard coat black.
I was hoping that this wouldn't be an issue, however hard coat anodizing on 7075 aluminium are notoriously difficult to dye evenly in any color other then black... In the end the dark grey option may only be offered for normal anodizing, unless the buyer is willing to take the risk of color blemishes.
Anyway, this is only the first round of prototypes. I will request full anodize color samples prior to official GB, and decide final finish options then.
The redone case is scheduled to complete early next week, hopefully to be received by end of that week.
