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@patrickdowns Be very skeptical about over the top rave reviews when regarding budget components. These high profit(%) products need to be sold in volume and quickly before the next claimed "Giant Killer" appears. Remember the speaker is only 1 link in the audio chain, focus on possible system synergy. To many Audiophiles focus on an individual component than the system as a whole. |
@dayglow re "Be very skeptical about over the top rave reviews when regarding budget components. These high profit(%) products need to be sold in volume and quickly before the next claimed "Giant Killer" appears."
For sure! Andrew Jones (the designer, right?) has a stellar reputation, but yes, given the way they are sold, I am sure there is healthy markup. Buying direct from the manufacturer of brands that don’t have huge markup is IMO better. My Vandersteen 2CE Signature IIIs were an excellent value when I bought them 5 years ago (from a good dealer), and the price has gone up. I’d have to spend a lot more now to do much better, so I am not in any hurry. I move at glacial speed, because that 30-50% hit one takes flipping components all the time is death by a thousand paper cuts!
I don’t make changes in my system much, and have great synergy with what I have now. Synergy is so underrated, important, and often badly understood my newbies or people who think that just throwing money like darts at an a la carte menu of best components works. Nope! Cheers. |
Rave reviews or not, I would be very hesitant about buying any audio component/speakers without first auditioning them. If you're that interested in the speakers, then you'll have to take your time and somehow find a way to be able to sit down and have a long listening session with them both, wherever they may be found. Happy listening. |
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