"The Ultra High-End Speaker."
My entire relatively simple high end audio system retails for approx. $70,000, with my speakers alone retailing for approx. $24,000 (Revel Salon 2 speakers). I've been around high-end audio for over 40 years. I attend audio shows and visit local and non-local high-end audio shops on a regular basis. I get to hears a lot of high-end audio speakers and gear all the time. That said, I honestly believe, along with others who've visited my home and have listened to my system, that my system (speakers) produce that ultra high-end, reference quality sound. Others would suggest that, when it comes to speakers, that the "Ultra High-End" sound can only be achieved by megabuck speakers costing 50K, 100K, 250k and beyond. I do not believe that ultra high-end ("Sound Quality") is excusive to those speakers costing a king's ransom. And, I think my own system is am example of what can be achieved at a lower (not for most people) price point. I absolutely believe in the law of diminishing returns, especially when it comes to high-end speakers. What's your definition, idea of, what you consider to be, a "Ultra High-End Speaker, and at what price point does the ultra high-end start?????
It depends on room size mainly. Larger rooms require larger speakers and larger good quality speakers cost more. $24K for speakers should be able to do it in most cases if spent wisely. More cost may or may not yield some marginal improvements. The devil is always in the details. The Revels are very good quality and a very fine choice. |
Here’s an example. In a smaller room it is hard to fault the sound quality of a pair of tiny kef ls50 metas plus a good quality sub. But that is only within their limits which is mainly how loud they can go without distortion. So for around 3K properly setup in a smaller room you can basically have all there is to have up to say 85-90db SPL or so. Now some might want to go louder and some may just not care for the sound. But the sound is without question technically very high end. As the room size gets larger so will the cost of best possible sound. But a pair of $32k Kef Blade metas can do the job in most any room found in most people’s houses.
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Where did i say that i am the only one to know ?
I just thank Lavigne for his post because he knows and many others here knows too... But many dont ...They must learn by some that we can enjoy good sound at low cost if we STUDY and EXPERIMENT ... Many here brag about costly components merely then i gave another perspective ... Acoustic panels dont replace dedicated acoustic room either most of the times ... Sorry ...
Spending thousand dollars in component has nothing to do with acoustics ... And acoustics knowledge dont reduce to room acoustic treatment ... And room treatment dont reduce to passive materials treatment ...
My dedicated acoustic room cost me nothing because i made it myself not with only absorbing and reflective and diffusive surface in the right balance but i used also one hundred resonators mechanically tuned and others devices of my own ...my hobby was learning acoustic by hand ... Then once more you confuse knowledge with money ... And for what reason my Mission Cyrus speakers must be cheap sound and my Sansui amplifier cheap sound too ? They must sound "cheap"? There exist no concept of "cheap" sound in acoustic .. Even if my gear is modest , it is basically good gear and it is enough to experiment with ...My goal was learning not bragging about my gear ...
What is your point ? the fact that my speakers cannot rival the Revel speakers does not means that my sound quality is condemned to be "cheap" even in a dedicated room ... A minimal satiosfaction threshold was my goal not the TOP OPTIMAL one whcho for sure will cost much more money than what i have ...
All my post was there to motivate people to be creative at peanuts cost ... If they own a dedicated room for sure ... Nobody can experiment much in a living room ...
Then you have no point against my posts and associating a good sound with price tag is the summum of ignorance because it is NOT EVEN WRONG in many case ...If you feel that i know better than you feel free to feel it but my goal was not to patronize you but to speak about my experience .... I never brag about my system price tag and i NEVER associate good acoustic experience with a big amount of money ... I advocated for acoustic experiments at no cost ... What is your problem with my knowledge ?
And i dont have a "cheap" soundfield experience by the way at all , and my active modified speakers are low cost and my headphone low cost too ...
Guess why ?
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