I agree with you guys there that the grill isn't the nicest but it is removable from what I saw.

Well as it is, i'm gonna look into this as well about the makers, it seems I may be wrong but would like to find out more. I have read a couple reviews on some of their new home audio stuff that one guy just didn't like. I guess the older EXL line was a really good compared to the new CC i think.