GG>         The height has nothing to do with the volume of sound it can 
 GG>         produce. It's simply a requirement for having a ribbon that 
 GG>         long.  The 10" woofer isn't as nice as the four 8" woofers per 
 GG>         speaker (maybe it was 10", I'm not 100% sure) the Platinums 
 GG>         used, but they're reasonable sounding.  I bypass them and go 
 GG>         straight to a subwoofer, however. 
 The silver had 3 12" and the platinum 4 12" drivers of Carver's
 design.   They had a long excursion, low compliance, and high "q" to
 off set panel size related losses at the lower frequencies.  They are
 said to give a honest 3db output at 20hz.
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