Best speakers around $130k?


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mjbishop99

If I had a large enough room the Charney Audio Lumaca would be my first choice. If the room was smaller the Concerto would be it. Full range single driver horns that  don’t require bass augmentation and minimal room treatments. 
 

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For $78,000, the Estelon Diamond X Mark 11 or $130,000 the Forza

$100,000 Von Schweikert Ultra 55s

Possibly Evolution Acoustics MM7s or MM3s with outboard crossover

Currnently, I have Legacy Focus speakers in a $150,000 custom built room.  They sound more like expensive speakers.   Major difference is the higher resolution / ambiance that the expensive speakers have.   I have the bass, tonality and prat at $2,500 and low amp requirements.   I am missing that wonderful ambiance that I've heard from the best speakers as well as wide sweet spot. 

I can't decide if the Bayz Audio products are coffee makers or drill presses.

Possibly a band saw?

Anyone who says otherwise is probably just pissed off about capitalism.

Imagine a bureaucracy briefed with designing and building a speaker that they would put on the market for $130,000.

Committees, consultants, white boards, regulations,  endless meetings and sub-committees formed.  Various governments would come and go during which the brief would be tweaked and any progress made thus far would have to be re-examined.

 

 

Designing and manufacturing a high end product is first of all risky and generally expensive.   Making a successful and great sounding high end speaker is not for the faint of heart.   Contrariwise, high end cable is as risky but generally not as expensive with huge margins (as are many tweaks).   Can you imagine the Estalon speaker which uses a totally non-proprietary box, probably more expensive than the Bayz or a more conventional box?   Those who design and manufacture their own drivers (Magico) or cross-over components (Wilson) really take audiophilia in a new direction.  I don't bemoan the high sales price of high end speakers around $100,000.   Plus, shipping costs due to high weight and demand for perfect finishes.   What I don't appreciate is funny money high margin, often mass produced products (such as cables and tweaks).