Poor Fritz

kenjit
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I had not heard of Fritz or his speakers until I read b_limo’s thread the other day.  Curious, I did slight research — he seems like a great guy, but then I checked the price for his Fritz Carrera 7-something (costs new $3500 for the pair).  They have a 7” driver paired with a small beryllium tweeter (if faulty memory serves me).  I thought, “How can a bookshelf-sized speaker create the quality or volume of sound that much larger speakers do?”  

There are many speakers in a similar price range, like the floor-stander Tekton Double Impact, with gobs of drivers of various sizes, so wouldn’t they blow away a small, albeit very good-sounding, speaker like the Fritz?  Obviously, hearing is believing, but I’m not in the market for speakers and I understand that Fritz sells direct and thus they would not be at a dealer.

It would seem to me that in some cases, size does matter.  

@bob540,
good questions!  The tweeter used in the Carrera is a high end, SB acoustics Beryllium tweeter.  A single one is close to $400.  That 7” paper driver is a Scan Speak Revelator and the are around $250. These are high end drivers and you will see them in other high end speakers that cost quite a bit more ($5,000+).

you are correct in assuming that bigger speakers with more drivers will be more impactful, they’ll have more dynamic punch so to speak.

The Carreras in a small to medium room though are plenty big enough.  I like loud music and dynamics as well, and the Carreras with a sub, in my small room, are awesome.  Tekton is making some cool speakers but most would be physically overbearing in my room.

Im also of the belief to buy the best, then bigger if you have the wallet!

Actually if you think about it say the drivers do cost $300, add in cabinet costs, just spitballing, $400, labor, overhead, etc you get to $2200 pretty quickly. A guy like Fritz doesn't have the economies of scale of a larger producer so those parts costs are likely even higher. If you want to look at the cost of something look at the total cost don't just look at one thing.