Comments on: New Free HT Subwoofer Upgrade

By: Elemental Designs subwoofers now matte-finished. Goodbye odye! (Eclectic Electronics)

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:33:43 +0000

[...] subwoofers shipped from January 22nd, 2009 will be matte-finished. Elemental Designs’ blog has stated several reasons for ditching the regular odye [...]

By: jason

jason — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:05:55 +0000

Thanks for the clarification Ben.

By: kent

kent — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:44:32 +0000

Yay!. Looks great guys. I will be ordering a pair of subs soon, and possibly another pair of the custom full range cabs I got from you before. Can’t wait to see the new finish. Kent

By: Ben Milne

Ben Milne — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:34:10 +0000

Jason,

The paint is different as is the primer on the HT subwoofers than the full range cabinet. The pigment is the same in both layers.

The new matte is quite resilient and it’s a lot easier to clean than Odya was

By: jason

jason — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:07:14 +0000

Is the primer underneath the matte finish different than that of the full range speakers?
I know I have scratched one of my 5Tc’s and there is white primer below it which was VERY noticable. Thankfully it was on the rear of the cabnit and won’t be seen since its mounted on a wall. I like the odye on my sub bc I know if something hits it or it gets bumped its a nearly indestructable finish. How durable is the matte comparably, if its not as strong I would recommend a non-white primer so if something does happen it won’t be as noticable. That would be my only hesitation personally to the matte.

By: IRQ21

IRQ21 — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:28:55 +0000

“Matte is the standard finish at the same Odye price.”

Hahahahahahahahahaha Ben, you crack me up.

By: Ben Milne

Ben Milne — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:26:02 +0000

For now I think we’re just going to concentrate on working to end these back orders until the problem is solved. I’m sure down the road a lot more will pop up here in terms of updates but for now our focus is primarily on production.

Dipoles however can be ordered at any time as a custom product

By: Truong

Truong — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:51:05 +0000

I’m glad you guys realize that the matte finish is a must. What’s next? Possibly veneer finish…? This is really great for upcoming clients. I wonder if i could’ve waited for such available matte finish and 13ov2 upgrade. I feel my A2-300 is outdated already with everything that you guys are doing. When are those dipole/bipole will be available mainstream? Lol, i wish i could trade in my a2-300 for the next upgrade if you guys know what i mean. Good luck with everything though! Go eD go!!!

By: Ben Milne

Ben Milne — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:01:45 +0000

John,

The EFS link can be found on each HT subwoofer product page as seen here :

http://icixsound.com/vb/nationpicture.php?pid=28357

The Full range cabinets are currently not produced in Iowa. Long term our plans are to bring that in house but for now we just can’t produce that quantity here. Those are currently manufactured from stocking MDF at our production partners facility. Once all the HT subwoofers are shipping same day as built in Iowa that will likely happen

This announcement only pertains to shipping HT subwoofers made at Elemental Designs in Iowa.

By: John

John — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:22:35 +0000

hmm, i clicked on a couple subs but didn’t see anything about EFS mentioned.

Also does this mean all the normal HT speakers are also being built with EFS? such as the A6-6T6 Towers?