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Poor Fritz

There’s no better value and no one as willing to make bespoke speakers out there than Fritz and these forums treat his speakers as if they cost $200K.
They don’t. They are remarkably affordable and yet potential customers put him through the absolute ringer, asking for custom features, going through 2 or 3 models of home auditions and maybe not even buying any of them.

Look, you buy what you want to buy, but I think not enough credit is given to the man or his speakers in terms of the overall value proposition and I think this is a disservice overall.  If you write a 5 page review, please keep this very much in mind that you are not reviewing Wilson or Focal's flagships.  Maybe he doesn't deserve quite the same scrutiny.

erik_squires
helomech
1,687 posts
 
Haven't had the pleasure of hearing his speakers but I can vouch that he's a great guy. I called him with a question and we spoke for hours about all things hi-fi. He struck me as a true artisan. 
helomech
1,687 posts
 
Fritz and Clayton Shaw are two of the nicest people you'll ever meet in the industry.
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analoguefan
56 posts
 
Fritz are my next speakers! Period.
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audioman58
4,168 posts
 
Fritz use top grade drivers ,my only complaint in the past say 4 years ago
was the Xover parts were not what  I considered = to the drivers ,and I am not speaking Duelund ,instead of a magnet over wire sledge hammer inductor use Jantzen open core they are not that much more ,mills resistors he uses are good ,and use 
at least say a clarity CSA,Cmr, or actually value for money the Polish Millflex 
copper oil paper mylar caps not that  expensive and on par with Jupiter Copperfoil , and use wbt gold copper connectors retail less then $75 a speaker 
wholesale $50 add $ 500  to the speaker it is a substantial audio upgrade .I modded them and they sounded great , I traded them in  when I bought a larger Sonus faber speaker , Fritz should offer a SE model ,with all premium parts as I mentioned below, the best resistors period are Path audio , less then $30 each 
vs $4 for caddock or Mills ,it’s funny most $50k+ speakers don’t even use them .
just an observation myself and other audiophiles would pay a little extra to get a SE  speaker maxed out .

erik_squires OP
16,118 posts
 
So, the point of this thread is how inexpensive Fritz speakers are, and how good they are an how others still unfairly compare them to speakers much more expensive. This post which I have partially quoted is the perfect example of the type of reviewer/audiophile who forgets what the prices are already. And by the way, there’s a lot here I would debate on the merits of good ideas if Fritz speakers cost 2x as much as they did, but they don’t so I’m just going to look in awe at this post and it’s complete lack of self awareness.

Fritz use top grade drivers ,my only complaint in the past say 4 years ago
was the Xover parts were not what I considered = to the drivers ,and I am not speaking Duelund ,instead of a magnet over wire sledge hammer inductor use Jantzen open core they are not that much more ,mills resistors he uses are good

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