Robsker: I am sorry to tell you that IMO, you are just wrong. I say that knowing that you have not yet heard them. I would put our $2500 MMMicroOne's with stands against any bookshelf loudspeaker regardless of price.
As a matter of fact, I would put them up against just about any loudspeaker regardless of price. I understand that the last octave might not be it's strength, but it is a true reference loudspeaker that I would gladly use in my main system.
You stated: "JTinn... If you really thought your speakers were so great (and again, they may be) and that they sound great when driven by lesser electronics (as you state in your post) then by all means audition your speakers at shows with 8K of electronics, not 80K. Give a realistic audition to potential buyers. Certainly you should not fear such an audition."
You can say the same thing to any loudspeaker manufacturer who brings their product to a show and you would be wrong in doing so. Magico showed a $25k - $35k mini monitor that they used very expensive amplification to drive. Do they fall under the same criteria as you suggest we follow?
To make things clear, if someone called me and had a small room and was not looking for the last word in terms of the very deepest bass and had $100,000 amplifiers, I would not hesitate in suggesting that they use our MMMicroOne system.
You also say: "Last salvo. I have not heard your speakers... but give me an 82K system... say with 50K speakers and 30K of electronics... I guarantee that the system will smoke the system with 2K speakers. That is, after all a very fair comparison --- same priced systems.
The point? It is crazy to push your speakers driven as they were at the show."
Such a generalization is what is crazy and has no credibility. I will take that bet anytime as long as you do not choose any equipment that I represent and it is a system you can use in a small room. You are ultimately focusing too much on the price.
BTW: The last few shows we used the following electronics:
darTZeel CTH-8550 Integrated amp/preamp/phonostage - 20,300
Playback Designs MPS-3 - 8500
That comes to $28800, not 80k. Still pretty expensive, but quite a bit less than the 80k you mention.
As a matter of fact, I would put them up against just about any loudspeaker regardless of price. I understand that the last octave might not be it's strength, but it is a true reference loudspeaker that I would gladly use in my main system.
You stated: "JTinn... If you really thought your speakers were so great (and again, they may be) and that they sound great when driven by lesser electronics (as you state in your post) then by all means audition your speakers at shows with 8K of electronics, not 80K. Give a realistic audition to potential buyers. Certainly you should not fear such an audition."
You can say the same thing to any loudspeaker manufacturer who brings their product to a show and you would be wrong in doing so. Magico showed a $25k - $35k mini monitor that they used very expensive amplification to drive. Do they fall under the same criteria as you suggest we follow?
To make things clear, if someone called me and had a small room and was not looking for the last word in terms of the very deepest bass and had $100,000 amplifiers, I would not hesitate in suggesting that they use our MMMicroOne system.
You also say: "Last salvo. I have not heard your speakers... but give me an 82K system... say with 50K speakers and 30K of electronics... I guarantee that the system will smoke the system with 2K speakers. That is, after all a very fair comparison --- same priced systems.
The point? It is crazy to push your speakers driven as they were at the show."
Such a generalization is what is crazy and has no credibility. I will take that bet anytime as long as you do not choose any equipment that I represent and it is a system you can use in a small room. You are ultimately focusing too much on the price.
BTW: The last few shows we used the following electronics:
darTZeel CTH-8550 Integrated amp/preamp/phonostage - 20,300
Playback Designs MPS-3 - 8500
That comes to $28800, not 80k. Still pretty expensive, but quite a bit less than the 80k you mention.
