Beginning as a 200 pound blank slab of 6061-T6 aircraft grade aluminum, the M5 baffle spends nearly 2 days in a CNC machine before becoming the 73 lb. vertically convex driver housing seen on the final product. Together, with the finishing procedure that includes 4 hours of grinding and a 3 hour hard black anodization process, each pair of faceplates takes over a workweek of man-hours to become production ready.