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Owners of speakers by obscure companies chime in

Recently I discovered that there is a cottage industry out there producing some great speakers. Then I posted asking who are these companies and what speakers are they churning out. I was surprised at how many names popped up that I never heard of before. This time around we would like to hear from the owners and their experiences.
One last note, I beleive most of us realize how fortunate for us to have such a variety to choose from, only thing we need to figure out is how do we get to hear them?
Thanks in advance.
pedrillo
bbchem
62 posts
 
I have the Timpiece Minis, and there is nothing that I have heard that can compare>> from SPTECH. The price is reasonable for world clas performance. I asked Stereophile why they won't review companies such as these and they told me not enough dealers??
bbchem
62 posts
 
Also, SPTECH offers a 30 day trial I believe.

Note, what speaker for $2500 can actually produce the vibration feel of individual instruments which makes the sound as close to real as possible?
audiokinesis
2,731 posts
 
Rgs92, I communicated with one of The Absolute Sound's reviewers, and the sticking point really was not advertising. The sticking point was my lack of a dealer network. TAS is at the top of the food chain (along with Stereophile), and as such their job is to review products that their readers have a reasonable chance of finding for an audition. There are several other magazines, some online only, who play the extremely valuable (and often more exciting) role of unearthing the underground gems.

MrTennis, congrats on your Sanders Sound solution!

Duke
rgs92
974 posts
 
Thanks Duke! Well, hooray for the Web I guess. Good luck.
lake513
123 posts
 
I own speakers from North Creek Audio the Manifest only about 12 were ever made . I think many people missed a great speaker but it was a leap of faith to buy when you could not here them first. I took a chance and glad I did they are a extraordinary speaker very musical but take a large room to work and are very sensitive to set up . The speakers are also sensitive to cables I guess most are . I know North Creek has made many other speaker kits that have sold in the 100's or 1000's and you see very few for sale that may say something or not ? I traded up from Alon 5's and never looked back the Manifest is a huge step up from the Alon's even with the all alnico drivers I put in them. The Alon's now collect dust in the corner and I have owned 4 of Carl's speakers before and liked them very much but the Manifest is so much more musical there is no contest at all . I have listened to many of todays great speakers and many are great but when I get home I sure have a smile on my face and am glad I found the North Creek Manifest a world class speaker . Marc
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