Thoughts: Mofi Sourcepoint 888 vs Fyne Audio 501sp?

@dayglow re "Be very skeptical about over the top rave reviews when regarding budget components. These high profit(%) products need to be sold in volume and quickly before the next claimed "Giant Killer" appears."

For sure! Andrew Jones (the designer, right?) has a stellar reputation, but yes, given the way they are sold, I am sure there is healthy markup. Buying direct from the manufacturer of brands that don’t have huge markup is IMO better. My Vandersteen 2CE Signature IIIs were an excellent value when I bought them 5 years ago (from a good dealer), and the price has gone up. I’d have to spend a lot more now to do much better, so I am not in any hurry. I move at glacial speed, because that 30-50% hit one takes flipping components all the time is death by a thousand paper cuts!

I don’t make changes in my system much, and have great synergy with what I have now. Synergy is so underrated, important, and often badly understood my newbies or people who think that just throwing money like darts at an a la carte menu of best components works. Nope! Cheers.

Rave reviews or not, I would be very hesitant about buying any audio component/speakers without first auditioning them.  If you're that interested in the speakers, then you'll have to take your time and somehow find a way to be able to sit down and have a long listening session with them both, wherever they may be found.  Happy listening.   

@patrickdowns    Thx for taking the time to reply! I always appreciate a well thought out and mature response. FWIW Fyne Audio especially the F1 series have top level build and parts quality. These will be near the top of my demo list at Axpona 2025.

@dayglow - Fyne has a great rep and pedigree right? Their founder is an alum of some esteemed brands, iirc. And I am of Scots descent, so I'd be interested. Represent! I hope you will post a review or thoughts. Which one do you favor in their line.

@patrickdowns     Probably the F1 8 or 701SP. If these monitors can avoid sounding small/strained or lacking body they could be an option for me over the much more expensive F1 8s. At $18k for the 8s places it in a very competitive list of loudspeakers.