Interesting situation! Do we need this....

@anotherbob I don't get your point? No where in his post did it say anything at all about comparing anything? He in his second post reiterated this was not a "comparison"?

It sounded like he was impressed by something he did not realize he was listening to at the time. 

Doesn't seem to me that @rbertalotto is the one posting "nonsense"!

In general. Is it really impossible that this new amp and speaker combo just possibly for some unknown reason. Happens to have good synergy? You every seen some kids ratty old Honda Civic blow the doors off a new corvette? It really makes the corvette owner mad when you say..."how much did you say you spent on that"?!

Everybody have a great weekend!

J.F.

I have never heard the Fluance speakers but have no doubt that they sound better than what the OP expected, given the cost. We often have a preconceived notion of what something should sound like based on what it costs.

Realistically, the 2 way small box monitor speaker has been around for over 75 years. Clearly some advances have been made in the areas of materials used for drivers and so on. Sometimes you don’t need to reinvent the wheel to get a good result.

I think we sometimes don’t consider how much of the final price comes is derived from the costs of relatively smaller production, based in Europe/USA, cost of marketing, dealer mark ups, distributor mark ups, component manufacturer’s mark up, R and D.

So along comes a little speaker, made in Asia, cheap labour, nothing innovative but using well proven  2 driver concepts, mass produced, with simple distribution and less dealer mark ups and we are surprised that it sounds good.

Is it high end groundbreaking reproduction, probably not. But did it provide a satisfying a listening experience to someone used to more expensive speakers whose cost is representative of the traditional high end manufacturing/distribution scheme. Apparently yes.

So along comes a little speaker, made in Asia, cheap labour, nothing innovative but using well proven  2 driver concepts, mass produced, with simple distribution and less dealer mark ups and we are surprised that it sounds good.

On the back of the Fluance speakers it state..."Designed and Engineered in Canada".....No where does it say Made In China.....

@jeffseight

I go along with the expectation bias theory  for now. Longer term listening and switching back and forth will tell if Fluonce competes, beats or loses to KEF. I'm always mindful of expectation bias, long term listening and removing new variable by going back to original setup has meant progress not always achieved with new equipment, tweaks.