I was intrigued by this manufacturer, and so I had a look at their website.
One that really caught my eye is the FC50. A 2.1 with open baffle satellites.
That caught my interest because I have that idea as well. Interesting waveguide baffle though.

Those videos seem to show that they produce quite nice bass notes (6C and 7C).

This post has been edited by VagueConcerns: Oct 22 2015, 05:56 PM

That's not open baffle. They're inside cylinders.

Well actually you should hear a LOT of difference. Being completely naked or mounted on an insufficiently wide baffle will produce an unboxy sound but no usable output below 700-800 Hz (for a 6 inch wide baffle). In a properly sized enclosure a typical 3-inch should easily reach 120 Hz, or even slightly lower. They will sound warmer, but as with most plastic enclosures, at louder volumes the tend to excessively vibrate and since they have much larger surface area than the speaker cone they do tend to be quite audible. Not to mention reflections inside the enclosure that can reflect back to through the speaker cone, as well as standing waves.

I ditched the idea for an open baffle 2.1, simply because for a proper low crossover point to pass to a sub, I'd need at least an 8-inch woofer with the proper parametres mounted on a 10 inch baffle. I think that's where the DSP of the FC50 comes in to compensate for that.

Let's get back on topic. I am really interested in auditioning these speakers, particularly the towers.

If the sub stays at the centre and close to the satellites then yeah 200 is no problem. Most I see are in the 150-180 or lower though. 200 is still not low enough for most small open baffles. The FC50 uses a 4 inch coaxial driver, and a DSP too to get the mid bass up to par so the sub doesn't have to play too high.

The 9C is very similar to the Hoch. I guess the 9C were inspired by them? Similar specs but 9C has more power handling (or maybe just measured at different distortion limits) and bigger drivers, and is overall bigger.

I'm guessing that the Thonet & Vander are ging to be more expensive? With all that Aramid fibre woofers and denser than MDF polymer enclosure.

Where's your shop? Would like to hear them in person should the opportunity arise.

Send demo units?

Well that depends.
The 7c may have twice the woofer, but they seem to be tuned the same as the 6c (judging from the similar sensitivity figure and freq. range, and what seems to be identical woofers and proportionally enlarged enclosure volume). That means they have more headroom for bass volume, but not necessarily deeper. Seems it's made for far-field listening. They can sound different but they aren't built for a different sound (at least not purposely), but rather for different purposes.

Also, since the 6c has only one woofer per speaker, and made with less MDF as a result, it's a LOT lighter and can be placed on a stand if you already have one, and less imposing on a desktop along with your PC.

I wouldn't dismiss the 6c as being less of a bargain compared to the 7c, but rather they are made for people with more modest requirements, and most probably more restricted when it comes to space.

This post has been edited by VagueConcerns: Oct 29 2015, 06:29 PM