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ZYGI Seasoned Member HR-ONE Posts: 758	Custom MG944 01/13/11 at 14:52:06 A custom pair of MG944's.....
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Lon Seasoned Member "Love without guts is worthless!" Philip K. Dick Posts: 27522	Re: Custom MG944 Reply #1 - 01/13/11 at 15:05:50 BEEYOUTEAFULL! I bet they sound great as well!
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opnly_bafld Ex Member	Re: Custom MG944 Reply #2 - 01/13/11 at 23:00:16 WOW!
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mac5u Ex Member	Re: Custom MG944 Reply #3 - 02/22/11 at 01:11:40 Would you please describe the "custom" aspect in more detail? And what kind of wood is that? Thank you.
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ZYGI Seasoned Member HR-ONE Posts: 758	Re: Custom MG944 Reply #4 - 02/22/11 at 01:35:55 Mac5u That happens to be heavily figured curly maple. That pair was one of my favorites. Figured Maple is one of my favorite woods. Other than that, they are just pain old MG944's ZYGI
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Doorman Seasoned Member "pouring from the empty into the void" Posts: 451	Re: Custom MG944 Reply #5 - 02/22/11 at 02:49:51 Lovely grain matching too! Don
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Chris K Seasoned Member Posts: 299	Re: Custom MG944 Reply #6 - 02/22/11 at 04:43:46 Nuthin plain about MG944's Bob! Specially when you do em up like the ones above.
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ZYGI

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Reply #7 - 02/22/11 at 12:45:10

Thanks Don,

The hardest part was finding matching solid wood for the front edges. Made grain matching the easy part, the color of the maple was the toughest.

Chris, your right.

Nothing plain about the MG 944's!

Mike and I were playing a set yesterday morning, just prior to packaging. We were listening to City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Curse of the Black Pearl and the bass was just awesome.

The City Of Prague 100 Greatest Movie Themes needs to be checked out....Great stuff!!!

ZYGI

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mac5u Ex Member	Re: Custom MG944 Reply #8 - 02/23/11 at 01:32:09 Very nice work, indeed. Me, I could not choose today, but the finalists would be either a high-gloss Mexican Cocobolo, Pau Ferro Rosewood, or Crotch Mahogony.
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Reply #9 - 02/23/11 at 02:48:15

You have to be careful with patterned figure woods, like crotches or burls. As beautiful as they are when they are book matched, when not book matched, they can be uglier than just plain wood. It also adds to the cost in a lot of cases due to the fact that it need to be a raw veneer (more labor) and two times is much material if book matched and four times as much for a four way book match.

But can look good like this...

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Donnie Seasoned Member Why does it hurt when I pee? Posts: 2444	Re: Custom MG944 Reply #10 - 03/02/11 at 01:52:37 There is nothing like speaker porn!
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Rapt Ex Member	Re: Custom MG944 Reply #11 - 12/08/12 at 17:47:13 Hi ZYGI, Wonderful job on those speakers, I can't PM you because I'm new and don't have the 5 post count. I would love to know if I could get a pair of these made in ebony macassar. Could you pm or email me the cost if possible. Thanks! Rapt!
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ZYGI Seasoned Member HR-ONE Posts: 758	Re: Custom MG944 Reply #12 - 12/08/12 at 18:54:47 Hi Rapt, Welcome to the forum, E-mail being sent shortly... Zygi
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Donnie Seasoned Member Why does it hurt when I pee? Posts: 2444	Re: Custom MG944 Reply #13 - 12/08/12 at 21:42:19 I had to look up what Ebony Macassar looks like. Mighty pretty!
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übergeek Verified Member Posts: 22	Re: Custom MG944 Reply #14 - 12/10/12 at 04:22:14 I was just considering a pair of speakers in that style maple, actually! Gorgeous! So, one can get MG944's without the black banding/indent on the sides? Very elegant looking!
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Rapt Ex Member	Re: Custom MG944 Reply #15 - 12/10/12 at 14:26:52 Yes, I am talking with bob now about getting some made possibly in rosewood santos 8-) I was pretty well sold on the mg 944 looks but after bob posted these I was done :)
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Reply #16 - 03/04/13 at 07:59:29

Wow Zygi, these are really beautiful! Sorry I'm late to the party here, but these look like totally different speakers than the ones listed for sale on the main site ... because the cabinet in the picture above looks to be all one level and the top and sides blend in with the rest of the speaker, but the main site shows them with black sides that are slightly lower than the middle cabinet, etc.

If you upgrade to exotic woods, does the cabinet style change as well? These are serioulsy sexy and you should use this picture on the main site, because they look like a totally different speaker!

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