Zapco, founded over 30 years ago by Robert Zeff, was one of the original manufacturers of what we all now know to be "high-end" car audio, While Zeff has moved on, the heritage of Zapco remains true. This can be heard in their amazing amplifiers and electronics. But they have yet to tap into one key element of this industry: speakers. That's all changing, Zapco recently teamed up with its sister company, ESB, a high-end Italian speaker manufacturer (both brands are owned by parent company, Skyway Corp.). The result of this partnership is the CK-16.2 component set. The components feature some interesting technology, including some even more interesting claims in the literature. The woofer for example is in a cast "parabolic" frame that is said to offer minimum air resistance behind the cone. To me it looks like an ordinary four-spoke basket-or to be more precise a cast basket that looks like a stamped basket, I don't understand why you'd tool an expensive basket to make it look like a cheap stamped basket. That aside, the woofer features a non-pressed paper cone with the rough side out. This makes an interesting cosmetic statement, and a very rigid cone-maybe too rigid, though. The edge is parabolic in shape with a very distinct peak. The literature says that this increases the cone area compared to a traditional speaker; however, I did some comparisons to other speakers I have around and found that the difference is insignificant-or, in some cases, the Zapco is smaller.
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