Are Osborne Grand Monuments THAT good?

And if you live in Australia, they would have a price advantage over imported speakers. (I know sirspeedy doesn't).

But as a general principle, there is certainly money to be saved if you don't buy imported equipment and it's nice to support the local industries.

Regards,

I was not interested in selling my current speakers,but felt I needed some input on the Osbornes.Thanks.

BTW-Hi,Metralla.Nice to hear from an old friend.

Thanks to Trelja for his comments. I recall reading this review quite some time ago, and thought it was comprehensive and one of Aczel's better efforts. The writing was very good and the review certainly made me interested in the big Osbornes and interested in hearing from owners here. In some ways, it was surprising that this stellar review did not give rise to more comment here - but maybe that did happen when the article first came out.

(sirspeedy - thanks mate)

Regards,

Thanks for the kind words, Metralla.

I should also clarify my Focal tweeter comments...

The Ti metallic dome is the one I do not like whatsoever. Exceptionally bright and difficult to tolerate - for me, at least. The Kevlar and Audiom are fine. And, I see that Osborne is now using the Tioxid, which I like in most situations (though I recently heard a $32K speaker using it that sounded about $27K too expensive for me), though I have not heard it in an Osborne. I don't want anyone to confuse the Tioxid with the Ti metallic, and be wary of an Osborne because of my comments.

As the former Bush would say, "Tioxid, good. Ti bad."