I just wish the Exclusive series wasn't so damn ugly. I know they have reasons for doing the dustcap + phase plug thing, namely allowing the traditional Peerless under-dustcap gap venting scheme and making the cone more rigid while providing more aluminum on top of the pole for shorting and heatsinking, but I just can't get over how ugly they are. And the change to matte alloy for the basket and frame only makes them worse, IMO. No matter how exemplary their performance - and the grapevine suggests they are somewhere between truly wonderful and "watch out Seas Excel" - the only place I could see using them is...in a car door behind a grille. (Speaking of Seas, those Nextel-coned Excels look neat.)
IMO, the most exciting Peerless news from Madisound right now is that the SLS12 is finally available to US consumers. Sure, it doesn't have the xmax of better subs and the frame is stamped steel instead of cast alloy, but where else are you going to find a brand new 12 with a Faraday ring and under-spider venting for two bills?
