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Final Electrostatic Speakers
Dutch electrostatic-loudspeaker company first founded in 1989 by Maarten and Michiel Smits and recently revived by the brothers, engineering and producing its speakers in the Netherlands. Its family includes the Model 3+ and the compact new Model 1+.
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