Haient
Craftsman hand-oiling an oak speaker cabinet
  1. 01

    Timber selection

    Every board is chosen by hand from FSC-certified European oak. We cut only from heartwood so the cabinet remains stable and resonant-free for the life of the speaker.

  2. 02

    Cabinet joinery

    Walls are 25 mm solid oak, joined with mitred corners and internal ribs. Nothing is glued to a shortcut; every joint is dowelled and clamped for 24 hours.

  3. 03

    Hand-oiled finish

    Four coats of plant-derived oil are applied by hand across seven days. Between coats, the cabinet is rubbed back to a 400-grit finish so the grain reveals rather than shines.

  4. 04

    Crossover assembly

    Every crossover is wired point-to-point on a oak board — no printed circuit, no shortcuts. Components are matched in pairs to within one percent.

  5. 05

    Driver treatment

    Silk-dome tweeters and paper-pulp midranges are hand-treated in-house, then measured and paired so both cabinets of a stereo pair track within tenths of a decibel.

  6. 06

    Signed & numbered

    Before it leaves the workshop, every pair is photographed, measured a final time, and signed by the cabinetmaker who built it.

Wood shavings and a chisel on a workshop bench
The Long View

A Haient can be refoamed, refinished, and rewired by any competent workshop in fifty years' time.

We publish measurements, driver specifications, and crossover schematics for every pair we build. Longevity is a design constraint, not a marketing claim.