Doyle3433 Very good points As I said when selling gear. 1 review is just one’s opinion , multiple reviews from several different sources are a more accurate consensus. I have heard Horror stories one from a excellent company years ago
who was Called ESP. Their concert grands, and Harps outstanding ,
the 2 Biggest audio magazines said give us $50 k and you will have superb positive coverage ,sadly he was just growing not like B&W ,Wilson who had deep pockets
came up with 20% of that he received a decent review and little coverage
and being speaker of the year in I think Fi magazine later 90s he had to shut down and moved back to Ireland . I bought a pair they were fabulous until they were destroyed in a fire. This happens to many products , look for return policies
and auditions . These big companies 30% of the markup is their advertising ,please keep this in mind . Thsts why for now the Dynaudio floor standersi rebuilt are staying put I put Svs 4000 sub ,maybe adding a 2nd one and they sound better then anything over $12k+ the Xover was the weak link they had $400 in parts
I spent $1600 a mfg would charge $6k 4-1 ratio , which wouldnot happen ,many use the cheaper Mundorf Evo white capacitors when in fact their Black Supreme are by far their best , and their $4 mox resistors , they make $30 ultra you are seeing in the Magico A5 .I use the excellent Path audio around $30 each
quality counts ,as well as connectors most companies use bright gold over brass connectors ,I use WBT , and why on amplifiers would you create a bottle neck
for $25 a Furutech gold Copper IEC is 4 x better conductivity far less noise resistance ,they use a $3 plated brass , it makes no sense just to save a few bucks
judt charge the extra in the build ,pennywise pound foolish . I change. Many things myself , I hate when mfg think of $$ before quality.