This is one of those classic good news/ bad news scenarios. The
good news is that Waveform, a loudspeaker company from Canada who make
some of the best speakers in the world (their tri-amped Mach 17 has been
used by Telarc and others for monitoring work) decided that they would
like to send us some of their more affordable models for review, and the
speakers turned out to be superlative performers; although they were not
inexpensive, they represented excellent value. The bad news, however,
truly is bad news: about the time our reviewers were writing their final
drafts, Waveform's president, John Otvos, decided to get out of the
speaker business. He sold off his remaining inventory at half price, and
as of this writing, is looking for a buyer. At the moment, then, these
excellent speakers are available only on the used market. Perhaps a
buyer will be found, but ...
After giving the matter some careful thought, I have decided to go
ahead and print edited versions of the Waveform reviews that I received
from David Rich, Howard Ferstler, and Bill Heck. Although it is unlikely
that Waveform will be a viable company by the time this issue is
printed, I thought it might do us all some good to examine some
loudspeaker designs that work well. David Rich leads off with his
findings on the Waveform MC, an unusual egg-shaped small monitor that
was derived from the head unit of the Mach 17. Howard Ferstler then
looks at the MC teamed with a dedicated subwoofer, the MC.1. Bill Heck
has a few words about the Mach Solo, which is something like the MC/
MC.1 combination in a single-cabinet format. To close things out, there
are some parting words from John Otvos himself. - KWN
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