The "other" French loudspeaker designer, Jean-Marie Reynaud, has updated his catalog with two new offerings.  

 

The Jean-Marie Reynaud Duet is a bookshelf model that uses a 7" paper/carbon compound driver to fill out the lower registers. At 3200Hz the duties are handed off to a 1.1" silk dome that utilizes a dual neodymium magnet system and a tuned rear chamber. The tweeter is mounted in what could be described as a very deep waveguide, or a shallow horn. A tuned slot is used for porting. The Jean-Marie Reynaud Duet is a 4 ohm load, with good sensitivity of 89dB. Frequency response is 45-25k Hz.

 

The 36" tall Jean-Marie Reynaud Euterpe is a floorstanding, transmission line version of the Duet. Particulars are similar to the Duet, except the Euterpe is able to coax a little more bottom end out of it's larger enclosure, going down to 40 Hz, and is slightly more sensitive at 90dB.

 

Continuing with the recent trend, neither the Duet or the Euterpe accomodate biwiring. The Duet will set you back $1525/pair, while the floorstanding Euterpe occupies the crowded $1995 tier.