He made a little money selling them too. LOL
Each to their own, speakers vary so widely in how they sound and the listeners own bias plays a big part.
It just remains IMHO, that any speaker that is going to be reflecting sounds, in a very non-linear fashion, from numerous points
all over the room, just can't be the right way to technically approach things if an accurate reproduction of the recorded source and it's intended soundstage holds any priority in your bias. My subjective listening experiences have also been very supportive of my theories on the subject, but then it just could be my personal bias clouding my listening experience so, make of it what you will.
I had a pair of small magnetic planar speakers on my office desktop some years ago, and ever since then it was always in back of my mind to get the real deal someday. They had very little SPL capability and serious frequency range limitations and a crappy subwoofer, but were compelling—even office vistors commented on the sound. For many years, I have eyeballed some Eminent Technology LFT-8 that I believe use the same panel technology, but knew our cats would run up and down them, no longer an issue. If not for the fact that I’m likely getting a pair of Soundlabs from a good friend, they would already be in the living room. After my positive experience with Omnis, I must try some planars to experience the sound of dipoles. I still greatly enjoy some of my traditional box speakers, but the soundfield of Omnis is captivating to me. I must like them if listening to them 12 hours a day for over a week. I’m probably just repeating myself, so will shut up now.