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Beyond Boutique Speakers

The thread "boutique" speakers was apparently for makers who are famous enough to get regular reviews in Stereophile.

I thought it would be good to focus on makers who have not even gotten that far or you want to have a personal relationship with your speaker maker.

Selah Audio

https://www.selahaudio.com/

Lee Taylor, who made my cabinets and knows his stuff:

http://www.taylorspeakers.com/

And of course Fritz

http://fritzspeakers.com/


Of the three, I’m only familiar with Taylor’s cabinetry which is excellent, and Fritz’ finished products.

I can recommend both based on the reasons above. I really like the choices Selah makes, but I’ve never heard or seen them in person.  The floor is now open to recommend others.  I would like to ask that we stay with small makers who do not make it to the review pages on major magazines.
erik_squires
treynolds155
184 posts
 
I started that other boutique thread and was very impressed with the number of small shops producing quality speakers. It must take an enormous amount of passion and dedication to do that. We benefit from the choices and quality so I love the idea of supporting them. 

Another CT outfit that I stumbled on a few years ago:
http://www.sourcespeaker.com
toddk31
36 posts
 
Love my Tyler acoustic linbrook signature 2 piece speakers. Ty also made me a custom dual 15” sub.  Great guy to work with. 
mozartfan
2,143 posts
 
Love my Tyler acoustic linbrook signature 2 piece speakers


^^^^
Well I also love my Seas Thor MTM.
Let me ask you, how much does each section weigh??
My guess is 50 lbs each.. which is movable, but a  pain in the arse.
I think Tyler should have only offered large spakers upon request  only, and  directed more his attention to speakers under 70 lbs each all with Seas Excel drivers. 
His Towers are just not practical for shipping nor wife friendly. 
Which brings me to this Q
^^^^^
Are bigger speakers better than smaller (under 70 lbs) speakers?
Let me rephrase the Q.
What advantages do larger/heavier speakers have vs smaller /under 70 lb speakers? 
Rephrase:
Bigger is better?
Why?
I think we need a  critical  criteria of size/weight in speakers. 
IMHO  the bigger, the heavier, the less practical, less efficient, less wife friendly and MORE ugly, stand out likea  sore thumb in any room. I guess you can say I am anti-large size speaker configuration. 
IMHO I think audio is headed to  a  minimalist approach. 
toddk31
36 posts
 
Originally bought the linnbrooks moniters and liked them so much I bought the bass modules. He now only makes the linbrook in a singular enclosure. As a 2 piece system they are movable but still very robust and heavy. Beautiful cabinets with African wenge wood, gorgeous. Ty is about the easiest guy to do business with and will accommodate just about any request. He also made me custom speaker stands to elevate my speakers to my desired sitting position height, very much improved the sound.  The custom sub he made me with 2 15” Audio elegance woofer drivers is a behemoth but will rumble the house powered by my Bryston 14b amp. I wish I lived closer to Owensboro Ky to audition his full line up at the time but this turned out to be one of the best audio purchases I have made.
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