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There are ORION owners and DIY builders in many parts of the world:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Russia,  Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, UK, USA (
AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI). 

Note that for privacy reasons I cannot give you the name of someone in your area, who you might want to visit, so you can listen to their ORION system. Check out the list of people who might be willing, or try to make contact via the ORION/PLUTO Forum.

Here are examples of their work. A few builders have chosen to change the ORION's cabinet shape to fit personal preferences. This leads to measurable deviations in on-and off-axis frequency response from the target response for which the cabinet was optimized. I cannot tell you to what degree these speakers are audibly different from the ORION, but their builders are very satisfied with the sound.

 

    Kolbjørn Halvorsen, Norway

 

 

    Frank Croce, PA

 

 


Michael Monahan, CT (with styled equipment & TV shelve)

 

 

   Stanley Chew, CA

 

 

   Neil Kaye, CA (1/4" reinforced Aluminum plate)

 

 

   Kentaro Kumagai, Japan ( more at  http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~jh8k-kmgi/)

 

 

   Dragan Fratric, Croatia

 

 

   Justin Singh, CA

 

 

   Per Laustsen, Denmark (Wenge wood)

 

 

   Zoran Ruzic, Slovenia, (more pictures in albums.aspx)

 

 

   Johannes Stein, CA

 

 

   West Hubbard, CT

 

 

   Mattias Andersson, Sweden

 

 


Jean-Pierre Vanderreydt, Belgium (ORION/PLUTO Users Group)

 


Gustavo Alonso, Canary Islands, Spain

 


Sancho ‘CHOY’ Sanchez , APO AE

 


Lolke Wijtsma, The Netherlands

 


Dan Schultz, IL

 


K. N. Grimm, CA 

 


Ralph Jonkers, The Netherlands

 


Michael Kjelsberg, MA, (Wood Artistry, Bubinga with Ebony trim)

 


Vikash Chauhan, UK (website)

 

        
Kevin Olson, CA (cabinet by Wood Artistry)

 


Ng Hong Liang

 


Mike Ovsiannikov, CA

 


Sigurjon Hauksson, Iceland

 


Fernando Azambuja, Brazil

 


Javier Molinero, Spain

 


Mikael Karlsson, Sweden 
(Oak, Cherry cabinet by dahlbergaudiodesign)

 


Peter W. Smith, NY

 


Mads ilum, Denmark

 


Giorgio Mauri, Italy (with THOR integrated into the shelf on the left) 

 


Odo Galli, OH (by Wood Artistry)

 


Steven Hill, Singapore

 


John Acres, OR (solid Cherry, sculpted)

 


Bob Russel, OK (Walnut)

 


Curtis Lucka, IL

 


Donald Vogel, ME (variation of Rev. 0.1)

 


Guy Vonderweidt, CO (Walnut kit from Wood Artistry)

 


Peter Hillman, NY (Brazilian Cherry)

 


Charles Port, Brazil

 


Eugene Cheung, CA 
(12"-woofered, 88.5deg-sided Orions in curly maple and pommele bubinga)

 


Francisco Salgado, Spain

 


Aaron Howell, WA

 


Fernando Maldonado, TX, with THOR subs 
(ORION built by Wood Artistry)

 


Alan Plaunt, Canada (with THOR in gray)

 


Nicke, Sweden

 


Bruce Coppola, MI

 


Mike Chapin, WA, Lowfat Gallery

 


Steve Lyde, OK  (construction photos)

 


Avelino Revilla, CA

 


Jean-Marie Pichon, France

 


Eric Weitzman, CA

 

More photos . . .

 


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What you hear is not the air pressure variation in itself 
but what has drawn your attention
in the two streams of superimposed air pressure variations at your eardrums

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