Have my pair in hand, they arrived today.
Was hosting a little b-day gathering for a friend so no chance to listen tonight.
I did open them up.
Both my GF and I approve highly of the build quality and look.
Very cool looking in person.
We love them looks wise. (mine are black as pictured here)
Very "American performance", think a black or dark grey Mustang 5.0 or maybe certain Corvettes.
Build quality is very, very solid and completely commensurate with the $2k price.
They feel as if carved out of steel or concrete. Truly they feel premium (in that "American" way, don't even think "Italian") not budget in any way, I have handled many, many speakers.
Based on looks and apparent build quality I am very happy. 10/10 so far.
I will pull a woofer and look around under the hood, maybe run the DATS3 on the woofer for fun.
After a week or so I will post my subjective experiences of fully sighted listening (except when I listen in the dark or close my eyes & yes I wish I could do a proper blind test, this will not be that at all. I will know what speaker is playing the entire time.) in a separate post and link to it here.
Folks who have no interest in subjective stories stay clear of that post, it is only for fun. Seriously, I already know what you have to say so a pre-thanks for saying nothing.
I will try to steer clear of any insane subjective ranting and just have a little fun talking shop and geeking.
Because the SONY SS-CS5 was "compared" with this speaker here in multiple posts I will dust off my pair and spin them both. I have used that speaker several times in some other testing I did.
I will also "compare" the 4309 to my summer kit build of the Joseph Crowe 1159 for more fun.
For those who are wondering if the 4309 is a sort of Ford Mustang 5.0 in vibe, what is the SONY SS-CS5? Definitely a NOT a performance car! They are that old dented Toyota Yaris I rented on mangers special for a bit less than $6 a day in Denver a couple years ago. Black and crappy and yet it got me and my GF where were we going on a 5 day weekend for essentially free.