I haven't read the technical stuff yet, but I got to experience the results up close and personal.
First, Andy demonstrated one of the guitars at a NAMM breakfast session...held in a huge hotel ballroom filled with tables and tablecloths and seated/standing people.
He used only an external mic.
Nuuska will appreciate this...they obviously have a great FOH engineer and pro equipment.
The guitar sounded fantastic...of course, Andy plays well...but the room is an engineer's nightmare.
I was impressed enough to stop at Taylor's location later. They had a number of guitars using the new design on the wall.
One of them was Macassar Ebony (striped) with an amazing multicolored/multicoloured striped sinker redwood top...the stripes on the redwood are created from mineral deposits over the years the wood is submerged...it had very fancy appointments...well deserved...it was the most remarkably well balanced, articulate, strong projection, guitar I've played in a long time...and I'm a fingerpicker.
Whatever the new system is, it worked remarkably well on this guitar...I would not dismiss it just because it's not 'traditional'...the best test is in person with your own ears...and an open mind.