Why pay so much for super high end?


Most speakers costing $50,000+ use Seas, Scan Speak or Accuton.

In DIY forums most speakers designed use bargain drivers and usually are only 2.0 designs not bookshelf or center speakers to complete a surround system.

I’d love to have a Scan Speak 11 speaker system for atmos with 3 way bookshelves, center and floorstanders.

Why aren’t the designs out there and why are you guys pissing away all your money.

Personally I won’t get an upgrade from my speakers unless it’s of this caliber and neither can I afford nor want to donate money to these thieves.

A 3rd party 11 speaker atmos scan Speak system would be nice but I’m not spending $250,000.

Why on earth aren’t there designs out there for this and why do you all piss away your money?

I don’t get why hi fi isn’t all DIY even honest factory direct companies mark up 300%.

Unless you pull in $1+ million a year and don’t have any time I don’t get it.

Are you guys lazy?

Someone easily could design a great crossover and cabinets for everyone and the days of paying over $3,500 for a pair of loud speakers if you got some time or know a friend who could build cabinets would be over. I know of people who could design cabinets that rival $100,000 speakers and cost less than 1% than that.  Someone with some experience could easily design a diamond, beryllium and soft dome and various versions for various tastes.

I don’t get it. Speakers are so simple.  Crossovers cabinets and drivers.

You guys just throw your money away I don’t understand it why?


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I own a pair of Wilson Audio Duette 2's that cost $23k.  Don't ask me why I bought them I just did.  Before I did I was really looking at Tekton Pendragon for $2k.  I think there are plenty of boutique speaker makers out there that you can find and produce sound that could rival the high end.  Before it is all said and done I can see myself buying a set of Tekton speakers an selling the Wilson's.  It is crazy to think that a pair of speakers cost more than an automobile.
" Mb1 you can adjust or not to personal preference but I was talking about flat response to 20 hz.  If response is flat level will be heard as lower.   A boost is needed to make it sound flat.   Check out the audio frequency spectrum chart that shows sensitivity of the ear at various frequencies.    System may measure flat but in that case what our ears hear is not. "

That's what I thought you meant, and I believe you're right. I could be mistaken, but I think bo is saying something similar regarding his comments on bass. If some type of correction isn't done in the low frequencies, I can see where this could be an issue at low volumes. Powered subs set up properly can go a long way in this regard. I wouldn't consider myself an expert in this area, but from what I can see, subs are best used with full range speakers. 
MB, the only place I have heard multichannel done right is in my system. That's not bragging, because it's quite easy to do, and I'll tell you how.

Begin with a good two channel system, like ESL's. Double the Left and Right speakers, mounting them at an angle dictated by your room. Right angles are a good place to start. Right away one hears something like an MBL with clean, fast bass.

Now add two more ESL's in the back, for surround. Best is to blend the Right and Left signals, but that's not absolutely necessary. What is necessary is a volume control. Set the volume control to the highest level which cannot be discerned in the listening position. That provides the concert hall ambiance without the source confusion.

@bigkidz 

I absolutely agree with you about components. Every cap has a sonic signature, and so does every resistor. Active devices more so. Building the best is an expensive proposition, and few people have ever heard an amp, say, with all VAR resistors and polystyrene caps for power supply auxiliaries. But when you hear it, you don't want to go back.