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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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sunrayjack12
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I have a Fisher tube amp and a pair of Bozak 4000B symphony's that will make you shiver and tears come to your eyes listening to them in a room that is as far away from perfect for listening as this forum could imagine.
The fact is most people are not listening to the music, they are listening beyond the music and in most cases are listening to perceived problems rather than actual issue with the  music and the play back of said music.
Total cost 800.00 for the Fisher on eBay and a road trip to the North Carolina mountains to get the Bozak's for a 1000.00 dollars, pickup only and a lot of fun on the way and quite the adventure getting them out of the guys basement and up the mountain to my truck.
I left his place bleeding from falling off the side of home made steps and shoving my hand under the corner of the speaker to save it!
 Well worth the sacrifice, I healed and have a great story about my sweet speakers.

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asvjerry
4,708 posts
 
...this thread is acting like the Energizer Bunny. *L*

....it keeps going & going & going....a snowball on a slope.... ;)
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soundsrealaudio
756 posts
 
davt 

For health reasons perhaps you should move to colorado and smoke something else.

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soundsrealaudio
756 posts
 
mr_m

Please admit that you had nothing better to do with your saturday. What else would you do, read the news? That might throw you over the brink.
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jwt
40 posts
 
Accurate assessment of the the state of high-end. However great speakers aren't a dime a dozen. 
The mark of a truly great speaker is how it sounds to the ear over the test of time.  Some actually get better to the ear some worse. Still, all subjective.
Patience is the virtue of virtues in high end. Get some ASAP if the high end is your bag and it'll pay off. I did and the only way to enjoy high end. Go figure.
Its a big joke anyway isn't it, just like your trying to say.
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