FernAndRoby Raven II speakers handcrafted by Clark and Bryan in Richmond
The Raven II loudspeakers emerge from meticulous craftsmanship in the woodshop, where hardwood selection and precision routing transform raw materials into finished instruments of sound.
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Clark and Bryan make speakers in a Richmond woodshop. The Raven II emerges from their hands across stations of selection, cutting, routing and assembly, each step moving walnut veneer and Richlite baffles toward the moment when custom SEAS drivers arrive and a sealed wooden cabinet becomes a finished loudspeaker.
The work is visible in the photographs FernAndRoby shares: the precision that acoustic principles demand, the hardwood chosen for warmth and substance, the Richlite routed with accuracy, the steel isolation stands communicating weight and purpose. Walnut grain glows against light because selection happened first, before any assembly, before any driver was mounted. The sealed cabinet must resist vibration and hold its character; the materials themselves carry that philosophy through to what emerges when sound moves through air at different frequencies.
What distinguishes the Raven II is not a factory process but these two people’s decisions. Clark and Bryan select hardwood as someone might choose fabric, understanding that what goes into the cabinet carries through to what comes out of it. The routing that opens the front baffles is not automated; it is a choice about the frame through which sound emerges and the eye first encounters the instrument. The finished pairs rest on steel stands, walnut cases glowing, each step deliberate because this is personal work at a human scale.
FernAndRoby documents the woodshop not as marketing but as the actual record of making: hands bent to measurement, precision equipment supporting human judgement, sheets of material waiting for transformation. The sealed cabinet is design choice requiring materials selected to support it. The walnut veneer carries the speaker’s character. The steel and Richlite stands are integral to how the speaker sits in a room. More details about other processes will follow, and the work continues with attention to every stage.
The Raven II represents a commitment to handcraft at a scale that remains personal. In Richmond, these speakers are made by people whose names matter and whose decisions shape what you hear. The sealed cabinet is not a convenience; it is a design choice that requires precision and materials selected to support it. The walnut veneer is not decoration; it is part of the speaker’s character. The steel and Richlite stands are not afterthoughts; they are integral to how the speaker sits in a room and transmits what it produces.
FernAndRoby shares these moments from the woodshop not as marketing but as documentation of process. The photographs show what actually happens before the finished speaker leaves the shop: the deliberate selection, the precision tools, the hands that guide them, and the materials that carry the sound forward. More details about the other processes will follow, and the work will continue as it has, with attention to every stage and respect for the craft that makes a loudspeaker more than a container for drivers and more than a piece of furniture.
Imagery courtesy of FernAndRoby (@fernandroby).
