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Dirty little secret of Pedigreed, decades old Speaker line - no one will address

For decades ever since it was first launched, all high end competitors have made major revisions to their midrange drivers. Yet YG Acoustics has done so - zero times. It still has the dubious, aluminum cone tech they first introduced.on day one. Their rationale for their supposedly superior construction has been completely rejected by all other companies who have neverconsidered considering imitating it.  They almost seem to be aspiring to copy Paradigm's entry level models (a co. that has ditched them for Beryillium on anything more premium). All while improving the frequency extremes only.  It certainly looks like they're endlessly, dead set on proclaiming it's somehow a feature & not a bug & eternally racing down this dead end. Their U.S. distributor has hired their sales director away to sell a competing brand they ALSO distribute, Vivid - that does have a far more sophisticated midrange driver & does it eve outsell YG.  In one of the distributor's online videos sent out free in their newsletter, the former YG sales guru, proclaims he has never felt nearly so engaged with the music - a clear knock to his old co. YG.  The owner, of said distributor standing right beside him, agreeing & not saying a word to disagree.  YG's response is to update the frequency extremes only, yet again & move down market to create a less expensive line. Even B&W replaced & updated their midrange driver tech, with their continuum. One of the strangest, most determined, longest running, self sabotaging mrkting decisions I've seen in high end audio. There must be the most peculiar, Why animating this but I can't imagine what it would be that remotely serves them.  Can you?

john1
knotscott
918 posts
 

Someone ordered 10,000 instead of 1000. And they have been stuck ever since

 It happens.  Or they got a great deal on 10,000. Or they believe it can't be improved. 

 

...That’s what I was thinking too...

soix
9,456 posts
 

So, you’ve been here 18 years and have started four discussions, half of which are critical of YG.  Why?  What’s your beef with them?  Have you ever even heard YG speakers?  At least YG has the capability to design and manufacture their own drivers, which is more than all but a handful of other speaker manufacturers can say.  There’s little point to this and even less substance behind it to support anything other than you just being a YG hater for some unknown reason.  

zlone
647 posts
 

I heard YG speakers in two separate rooms at AXPONA this year and felt that they stood out from the crowd. Maybe they got it right the first time around. 

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steve59
1,759 posts
 

??? For YG owners it must be refreshing not to have their 5 or 6 figure speaker  become obsolete a year or 2 after purchase. 

I listened to YG at Axpona a couple years ago paired with Gryphon and I heard nothing that made me think YG was special, but I don't put much stock in show demos. 

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simonmoon
515 posts
 

It is not as if YG is using aluminum drivers manufactured the same as lower end manufacturers of aluminum drivers.

Is anyone else producing them from a billet of aluminum? I don’t think so. They are stamped from aluminum sheets.

And it’s not as if their drivers are simple flat aluminum cones. The back of the cones use various raised areas designed to dampen resonances, standing waves, and add stiffness.

You can’t point to one specific technology, that you happen not to like, used in specific speakers, and claim that is a deficit that cannot be overcome.

Execution of the entire speaker system is much more important than any one technology used.

I also just did a pretty quick google search for reviews with measurements, and universally, they measure very well. Waterfall plots look very clean, especially in the midrange region.

 

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