So I gather you have never listened to the speakers you are ranting about and as for improving drivers, just take a look at KEF. Their UniQ driver has been updated more than a dozen times and each time they also updated the crossovers as well. Then came the Meta series and they upgraded the crossovers once again. And they are just one example.
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?
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There have been plenty that have asked that very same question on this thread, so what you just said is not true. New technology guarantees nothing with respect to improvement. The overall design and end result is what tells the tale. When I have heard YG at shows, what they do well is even tonal balance and good imaging. Would I ever buy them, probably not. On the other hand, there are manufacturers utilizing new technology drivers that have the voicing completely screwed up. B&W comes to mind. Changing because everyone else is using new technology because you want to keep up with the trends and having the product be worse is what is truly foolish. |
@john1 , one last chance to answer the question lest you be labeled a lame internet troll. |
Well, at least they don’t use staples to hold the speaker together...LOL. If they are getting the frequency response and transient response from aluminum that they want, then why bother ever changing it? They have invested heavily in the process. Once engineers get "buy-in" from marketing and from the head honchos to invest in say an expensive CNC machine to implement designs, they aren’t going to stop using it willy-nilly unless there is some huge payoff in sonic benefits and increased sales to justify it. |
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