Hifitime..never deceive yourself on the price of a speaker.
Look behind the curtain and study who the engineers are and their history. Michael Kelly is a legend in designing drivers and speakers since 1974, the year he became V.P. of A.D.S. and their chief designer. He is a engineer and designs his own drivers. In 1975 he had A.D.S. build a 40K size plant and by the end of the year was making ten thousand drivers a month for other speaker companies.. His partner since 1974 is Dave Marshall, a brilliant crossover designer. The Aerial 7T was three years in the making and Michael went through twenty drivers before he was satisfied. He designed the tweeter, midrange and woofer in house. The tweeter and woofer are custom made for Aerial by ScanSpeak. The midrange is made by SB Acoustics in Wisconsin, who also make all the midrange drivers for Wilson Audio. The $10K price is due to the nine layer bentwood cabinets made in China. The speaker is a mind blower. Takes a 1000 watt amp with no sweat. Performance is stunning. Better than Wilson or B&W. They roll off around 22hz. No need for a subwoofer.
Look behind the curtain and study who the engineers are and their history. Michael Kelly is a legend in designing drivers and speakers since 1974, the year he became V.P. of A.D.S. and their chief designer. He is a engineer and designs his own drivers. In 1975 he had A.D.S. build a 40K size plant and by the end of the year was making ten thousand drivers a month for other speaker companies.. His partner since 1974 is Dave Marshall, a brilliant crossover designer. The Aerial 7T was three years in the making and Michael went through twenty drivers before he was satisfied. He designed the tweeter, midrange and woofer in house. The tweeter and woofer are custom made for Aerial by ScanSpeak. The midrange is made by SB Acoustics in Wisconsin, who also make all the midrange drivers for Wilson Audio. The $10K price is due to the nine layer bentwood cabinets made in China. The speaker is a mind blower. Takes a 1000 watt amp with no sweat. Performance is stunning. Better than Wilson or B&W. They roll off around 22hz. No need for a subwoofer.