2. speakers
  3. 1220882815

The latest flavour of the month speaker

It's not an origonal observation, but why do we get the sudden flurries of posts and threads on a new speaker, or anything in fact? Following on from that, are you one of the sheep, or lone wolves shouting Bah humbug, my 30 year old Harbeth speakers are better than any new kit?

Following on from the first flurry, is the later question, Why are so many of this speaker up for sale on the Gon? That is one of the sheep worrying they have been too gullible. I am thinking here of Acoustic Zen speakers, now I use them, so I am plainly one of the sheep.

I have bought at least 2 popular Gon products, the Zen speakers and the TW Accustic Raven one turntable and am very happy with both, so I am not sure there is any harm in being swepped up by other members enthusiasm. The problem comes in answer to the question, why do they all go up for sale? Presumably people have taken up the next best thing ever.

So are you a sheep or a wolf? Be honest now
david12
mapman's avatar
mapman
22,464 posts
 
Are you asking about why so many Harbeth speakers specifically are on the market on this site?

I don't think there is much more too it than that they are high end speakers that bring a good price on the open market and this is a leading high end audio site. Tha's how it works.
pacific_island_audio
49 posts
 
Lone wolf. I tend to look at these 'hot' items as faddish. Although, that's not always true, it is more often the case.

As for the never ending trail of cycling through components, it may explain more about one's personality, or one's listening experience than the product's quality. We all need to learn how to listen, what qualities to listen for, and which qualities are most important to us. I put linearity and transparency at the top of my list, with orchestral music as the primary source for revealing those qualities. When that's right, all other types of music and recordings will sound right.
mapman's avatar
mapman
22,464 posts
 
Shadorne,

Your comments regarding fear being an effective motivator is of course so true in general. Much of what any living creature does is unfortunately but of course often dictated by fear. Regarding audio, making decisions based on fears is generally not the happy path to satisfaction.
shadorne's avatar
Ag insider logo xs@2x
shadorne
7,477 posts
 
Much of what any living creature does is unfortunately but of course often dictated by fear.

Yeah, however, most of what a man does seems to be dictated by his wife and mother-in-law.... ;-) We got more brawn but it would seem we get outmanoeuvred by their wits everytime...
geared4me's avatar
geared4me
219 posts
 
Curiosity has been known to get the best of me sometimes.

I tend to make my own path in general though. I took delivery of some Pioneer S-3EX floorstanders a couple days ago with no buzz on them what-so-ever. They are gorgeous and definitely look their price point and above. I am still getting the positioning right but they sound great already. (Buzz Alert) You will probably be hearing a lot about them in the months to come.
More to discover