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Poor Fritz

There’s no better value and no one as willing to make bespoke speakers out there than Fritz and these forums treat his speakers as if they cost $200K.
They don’t. They are remarkably affordable and yet potential customers put him through the absolute ringer, asking for custom features, going through 2 or 3 models of home auditions and maybe not even buying any of them.

Look, you buy what you want to buy, but I think not enough credit is given to the man or his speakers in terms of the overall value proposition and I think this is a disservice overall.  If you write a 5 page review, please keep this very much in mind that you are not reviewing Wilson or Focal's flagships.  Maybe he doesn't deserve quite the same scrutiny.

erik_squires
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jili12
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Fritz?  Great Guy and Great Speakers!  Have owned a pair of Carbon 7 for 8 years.  Very pleased.  Since COVID has basically shut down our travel plans for 2020 I have decided to treat myself to a pair of Carrera’s. Why Fritz speakers?  Well aside from his pleasant personality, I enjoy dealing with a great craftsman, who loves what he does, that produces a high quality product that completely meets my expectations.
For the last 8 years I have been shuffling different gear and cables in and out of my audio setup.  The only gear that has remained through those years are Fritz’s Speakers.  
decooney
2,044 posts
 
@erik_squires
"... who uses comparable drivers".

How do we know they are "comparable"? Maybe his drivers are better than standard versions...

It’s not entirely impossible Fritz has as special order line made to spec for his particular drivers - on some models. Dynaudio and others were doing this for years with Totem and other manufacturers starting out with custom quality wound voice coils, better magnets, or surrounds, and different baskets in special circumstances for some "signature" models requested by the builder. I’d bet the cost of the Be tweeter alone used in his Carerras is more than what some may have guessed until looking closer.

Not saying this is the case with Fritz for his tweeters or woofers. It could be though...However, as you mentioned its easy for "armchair" folks to make assumptions on the cost of the drivers, or get one digit off on a model number on a part and not realize when higher grade version drivers and components are used by a builder in a particular speaker. As already mentioned, same goes for internal crossover parts people never see, not fully understanding true cost of what’s on the inside.
erik_squires OP
16,129 posts
 
When in doubt, look it up:

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/comparable?s=t

My original sentence was correct.

kenjit
1,771 posts
 
 Dynaudio and others were doing this for years with Totem and other manufacturers starting out with custom quality wound voice coils, better magnets, or surrounds, and different baskets in special circumstances
Why arent these supposedly better versions already being produced and offered for sale to the public then? 
jackd
1,069 posts
 
Because the DIY public doesn't keep their doors open the large scale manufactures do.
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