In best Ikea tradition, the stands came flat packed to require basic assembly. Here are the bits and bobs delivered (cup to hold ball bearings optional)…

… then assembled.

With a speaker upside down and four ball bearings waiting in their receiver cups…

… the final safety bolt can be tightened just enough to protect against hoover drive-by mishaps.

Then it's rightside up all hands on deck.

Voilà, taller and bigger than the resident 4-driver 3-way Swiss sound|kaos Vox 3awf which would exit stage right to let the Danes have the limelight. Light I had aplenty, limes not so much. And what about raining cats and dogs, being in sixes and sevens and other weirdnesses? In another life, I might have made for a decent language historian. In any case, I was certain that the Z1 would instantly transport me back to 'the Aalborg sound' I'd heard in many levels of refinement during my factory visit.

The vikings had returned to Ireland for a sonic raid.