Jay...we are still in the waiting pattern...

Bill 

 gonna be back at school the 21st.....

I forget if this has already been addressed or not, but are the armatures used in the Custom-3 actually made by Klipsch or are they made by a third-party (such as Sonion, Knowles, etc.)?

EDIT: It seems that the Custom-2 utilizes a dual-driver (KG534) manufactured by Sonion. Am I right to assume that Sonion also makes the KG723 and the KG732 drivers? Are these specially designed exclusively for Klipsch or rebrands of existing Sonion balanced armatures?

Hi Peter,

The armatures that Klipsch implements are all custom designs built by Sonion for Klipsch.  Armatures are really in demand and Sonion has difficulty keeping up with demand.  Predicting what models will be most popular is their issue since they need to plan production lines a year or two ahead of demand.  We were lucky enough to be able to have them build for our needs eventhough we don't have the volume business yet that others do.  But thanks to Eric Hruza, and Greg Hovland, Sonion has faith in our design and marketing capabilities.  So they have budgeted resources for our needs.  The synergy between our companies allows us to work well together, thus there are some proprietary designs that we have co-patented and some unique things that nobody else is using.  Most of these issues deal with coil windings, resonance tuning and bass enhancement.  All of these effect the EQ of the design.  Each armature size and shape effects the timbre that you hear.  So there are a multitude of options to define.  On top of that the dampers and nozzles that Klipsch define give you the final EQ that you can hear an appreciate.