Beyond Boutique Speakers

Volti Audio speakers are all made by one guy and he puts his cell phone number on his website. Yet he has a Stereophile review.  That's not boutique?

I may have to start a thread of "Beyond Beyond Boutique Speakers", where we list manufacturers that have never been reviewed or even mentioned in a forum, only whispered about in private messages.

Hi @whoopycat

I think you are being far to critical of this thread and its spirit. I really don’t want to play thread nazi, and we are not threatened by new threads.  I wanted to pay homage to the smallest of shops, that's all.

One of the big reasons I thought Stereophile was a good divider was that they used to have a minimum requirement of having at least 5 US dealers before they would do a formal review. That seems to be gone. I’m not sure how much Covid has played a part or a new crop of reviewers.

In any case, no I don’t have a problem with Volti being mentioned nor do I have a problem with you starting any thread you feel like.

By the way, you mentioned Volti, but you didn’t put their website in:

https://voltiaudio.com/

So please consider the positive intentions of the OP before you start threatening umbrage.

Best,
Erik

Appreciated your clarification of "boutique," Erik. 

I'd add Simon Mears Audio to that (smaller) list..

So I guess this means Zu is in?? :-)

Again, lets keep it fun.

Mentioning good people who make good speakers no one has probably ever heard of is the goal.  The more the merrier.

warms my heart to finally see the Troll Kenjit simply being ignored.