Brand new KEF Uni-Q Meta drivers are available on ebay from HK sellers. Not cheap but only marginally pricier than the Satori coax & it looks genuine.Harvest the drivers from a pair of Q350’s then…..the Meta material advantage can be realized without the price tag and mambo jumbo…….put the Uni Q in a larger enclosure with walls well lined and add an aperoidic vent……nearly the same results….at least to the point that maybe…..maybe you can hear a difference…….unless sighted listening is your thing.
If looking to clone the Blade 2, the woofers don't seem hard to replace with drivers available to DIYers, and there's lots of known ways to couple a pair for vibration cancellation. DSP & active crossovers would be the obvious way for most DIYers. The real challenge is the enclosure, since every external plane features complex curves. But tear-drop cross-section profile towers can be made with stacking CNC-cut BB plywood or skinned with multiple layers of thin BB around tear-drop shape ribs. Not quite as organically curved as the Blade, but it would likely be close enough. Though some vertical curvature could probably be worked in with progressively larger ribs in the middle. Obviously a challenging woodworking project.
The main question I have is whether a 100 degree frontal dispersion window is enough. After recent successful exploration of omnidirectional designs, I suspect the narrower directivity may not be for me. Still haven't really auditioned a controlled directivity loudspeaker system yet; would love to hear a well-liked pair.
Last edited: