Current speaker threads are boring

+1 on the whatsbest forum.

Happy reading,
Tekton Goon.

The lion's share of my listening and auditioning has been under that imposed threshold of $15k.  But it's hard for me to see any loudspeaker costing more than $1k as potentially audiophile. 

Maybe be its hard for the OP to get many posts about loudspeakers north of that line because there are so few buyers in that market. Also, if you're in that market maybe you're less budget conscious and as such don't need to post and research as much as those buying lesser value speakers. 

I for one have speakers just south of $4k and think the opposite--so many magazine reviews and posts involve 5-figure products that I'm not likely to budget for.  

You probably hsve have a fair point but economics and market forces may explain it. 

Well if you are interested in developments at the high end, ATC have developed their own tweeter (available since about a year or two) Similar to their legendary 3" dome mid range, this tweeter has a double spider for stability and no ferrofluid. It took about ten years to develop (no doubt tested in various major studios before a general release to market)

The driver integration on their designs is obviously superb as ATC now control everything in house including the active crossovers and discrete amplifier dedicated to each driver. 

With regard to the lack of discussion on high end speakers I think it is clear that most Audiogoners primarily invest in and prioritize component electronics, cables, interconnects and all manner of power conditioners and other tweaks such as reclocking devices. I don't understand this approach as I believe speakers to actually be the most important part of any audio system.

Posting about expensive equipment generates lots of negative comments these days. Not being able to afford such equipment seems to generate feelings of envy in a subset of audiophiles. The gap between the haves and the have nots is widening.

 The high end users I know,or most of them don't get engaged with site much...and I don't blame them.I agree with psag.