Bang for the buck

I've had Salk SS6M speakers and Fritz's speakers. In all, I liked the Be tweeter speakers about equal but I liked the Fritz Carbon 7 better than the other two. 

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/review-fritz-heiler-s-carbon-7-se-mk-2-bookshelf-speakers

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/review-fritz-heiler-s-carrera-be-bookshelf-speakers

Someone reached out to me wanting to sell the Fritz Carbons for about $1k plus a bit. If you're interested P.M. me and I'll share his contact. He's in NY

is that because ASR doesn’t properly measure equipment

yes, no proper double blind listening tests (see the way harman conducts blind listening tests for a proper example)

https://youtu.be/lj2xbgvIGbo

BTW, I recommend the JBL 580 or 590, on sale:

https://www.harmanaudio.com/sale/STUDIO+580BK.html?dwvar_STUDIO%20580BK_color=Black-USA-Current&cgid=sale

Review:

https://youtu.be/odJ7YPPt30Y

is that because ASR doesn't properly measure equipment

Good evaluation is test and listen to the product. They sometimes don't bother to listen. And when they do listen to a loudspeaker, they only listen to one...not a good way to listen to stereo loudspeakers. 

Gotcha, thanks for rhe info.

It sounds kind of like how Rtings rates Tv's. They rate them without ever taking the tvs upscaling ability into account for their image rating (not every tv image is already in 4k guys). 

 You can get a new Vandersteen 1ci plus for under 2 grand! I doubt you would go wrong!

https://www.vandersteen.com/products/model-1ci-plus