New MOFI speaker (Andrew Jones)

@deep_333 What a weird and stupid thing to say. A couple of positive things some members say about something and you troll it as a conspiracy and possibly gay? You need to grow up some. This is not Reddit or YouTube, despite your efforts.

I’d like to but he did need some dressing down.

@nonoise , You didn’t dress down anybody. Some threads just start to get just a li’l strange/suspicious from time to time, y’know. Dealers <---> " apparently respected members" backstage agreements and the like...

Here, scroll over to 5:20. I’ve known all about this phenomenon since the dawn of the internet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcN1rEGYfsc

Next, i might start linking a few specific threads and elaborate on where exactly they started to get just a li’l strange/suspicious (for educational purposes, would help out some unsuspecting audio enthusiasts).

But, sorry, if you didn’t fall in that category...Nevertheless, a guy is free to think his thoughts in this day and age...

@deep_333 What on earth does Mikey's experience with a dealer asking to sell his product and being nefarious about it have to do with a discussion about a speaker that audiopoint happens to sell? He was quite upfront about it all and merely offered advice. There was no hard sell going on. That's a hell of a lot of conflating and implying going on that simply doesn't apply.

But, by all means, feel free to think whatever it is you want in this day and age and carry on with the trolling. Dissect this thread and link whatever you think is relevant to your hearts content so we can discount it and move on with our lives.

All the best,
Nonoise

@nonoise 

You have to realize that this is the same character that called Ralph Karsten a liar regarding his experience as a musician and electronics designer.

Trolling at its best.

@roxy54 I've been staying away of late due to the declining civility here so I thankfully missed that one. I just peruse the threads, smile or shake my head, and move on as it can get too taxing trading barbs with ne'er-do-wells.

I actually feel better doing so. 

All the best,
Nonoise

@c_avila1

"Have you ever upgraded coupling caps? If you know, you know.

It’s part of the hobby for me. Sorry if that bothers you."

Sounds like fun. I think some fail to realize that even the most brilliant designers/manufacturers have retained a bit of intellectual humility and recognize that their knowledge base is incomplete. There is always something new to discover. Secondly, in any commercial venture there is a finite amount of time and resources you can assign to a project before you have to take the D&E exit and go into production. Why not $10k a pair? Because "under $4k" would attract a lot more customers, and (arguably) provide more bang for the buck. So, you do what you have to do to hit a price point.

We may have just been introduced to an instant Hi-Fi classic, the best under $5k speaker ever produced. That being said, it doesn’t mean that with a little TLC, it can’t be improved. Or, have a blast as a speaker geek tossing parts around.

fyi- A while back I took a pair of AJ’s designed Pioneer SB-L22s apart and upgraded the crossovers to see how much music you can get out of a (at the time) $150 pair of speakers. Surprising. I also performed some serious upgrades to one of the most commercially and sonically successful speakers in recent memory, auditioned the finished product to the manufacturer and had some influence on their future "flagship" models. Even "classics" can be improved.

So, any first-hand experience with balanced/floating crossover designs?