Thoughts: Mofi Sourcepoint 888 vs Fyne Audio 501sp?

I spent a lot of time with both the 501 and briefly auditioned the 501SP.

Long story short; the 501 sounded terrible. Put over 1000 hours on them with no improvement. I had several friends with critical listening skills over and that session lasted about 15 seconds. Seriously.

I had a shorter audition with the 501SP. Not much better.

It's interesting that the previous US importer eventually dropped the 300 and 500 line and only sold the 700 and F1 series.

It cracks me up how Upscale Audio, the Tannoy importer at the time, trashed the Fyne line every chance they could. They then dropped Tannoy, picked up Fyne and now the opposite; greatest speakers ever. Sheesh.

I only heard the MoFis and I was underwhelmed. Maybe you can add a third and fourth option to compare?

https://speakerchoices.com/

I think I’ll need more options, lol. For me this would be an endgame speaker. I have a chance to get a lightly used pair (501sp) for almost half price but too many not great reviews. Yes, I should listen to them in person (and will when I can) but you’d think a 5k speaker basically knocks it out of the park! And this if for both the Mofi 888 and Fyne 501sp: polarizing speakers it would seem.

Someone also made a good point, with both these speakers, especially the Mofi, it might be wise to wait for the mkII or mkIII as they iron out the dual concentric design from a smaller speaker… just a thought.

And another thing- agree with the internet wasteland- almost every one of these folks review everything glowingly, to sell more product and get more clicks! How can every speaker be so 🤩 ugh

if it's an endgame speaker, I would certainly extend the search. Lots of good value speakers especially for medium size rooms