Ya Bryan, the old school method of moving a great deal of air within large cabinets seems to be what most companies are following. I was thinking I might try to incorporate some "WaveGuide" technology into either the existing cabinets or build some new ones. I certainly believe that a different design would give the benefit of greater bass tones. I have never designed a speaker, ie. coil, magnet, cone, driver sleeve and the like. I think it would be something very interesting to try. As I have virtualy no fear of electronics or how they work, it sounds like a project I may have to experiment with. On a side note, I put my 9000 back together last night with the upgrade I had planned on doing. I utilized some of the space inside the left speaker cabinet for some additional electronics that I wanted in my 9000. Opposed to this current project, installation of the USB interface last year was a walk in the park. Anyway it's back together and working great! I still believe that yamaha could have taken advantage of some of that German Technology in their speaker system, like Bose wave guide ideas.

Well that's it for now. Until I think of something else I want to build into my 9000.

Regards to all,

Dennis Almond

[This message has been edited by TwoNuts (edited 02-19-2003).]