Norh Speakers from Thailand: High-end or Hype??

TO Zorpman, While I was writing my response,I calculated that I might draw some criticism from the membership. Regretably, I wish I had the resourses of being more adventuresome, and you are probably right that basing my conclusion on the opinions of two members may be unfair to the Norh pedigree. Nevertheless,I have been burned once or twice on mail-order follies, and the price of the Prism 6.9 is too much money to gamble and possibly be disappointed. The aftermath of such an investment would also leave me with the task of having to resell the speakers that I received.

Sunnyjim
I totally respect your decision for not buying in the
internet there is always a risk.But dealing with Norh
people is cool.I know someone who needed to have his
amp service to them, it came back quick and they answer
his email quicker than, if you will deal with our local
snub dealer, Honestl, Iam very greatful with internet
Audiochain, like the Oddyssey, Norh, Audionut,I benefited
from them.And i got a good result too.My 6.9,with the le
amp monoblock $450 and ah cd sold by upscale audio, will
beat a system between 10k to 15k. How do I know, Ive been
to my friends home and dealers with that amt of money
that was spend.Maybe I got lucky synergizing my system,
or maybe Iam bias because i own it. One thing i always
try to avoid is to be bias, for i dont have the guts to
cheat myself. Lastly I am glad i took the risk, if I did
not,I would probably miss this treasure.ALSO NOT TRYING
TO PROMOTE ANY PRODUCTS, IF THE PRODUCTS IS BAD THE STORY
STOPS FROM THERE ITS HISTORY.

I think there is a very positive review of Norh on cheaphometheater.com. The only thing they didn't like was the shape of the speaker. Gave it top notch sound. I don't remember which model they reviewed.

I'd love to see an internet direct show down. Aperion, Ascend, Axiom, Norh, Rockets, etc. I don't think any of the HT or Stereo rags will do it though. When I see the same few companies comprise the lions share of advertisng. I don't think any of the mags are going to risk saying anything blows Paradigm or Def Tech out.

I own some Aperion 502's and bought my Teenage daughter some PSB alpha Minis. Both are excellent speakers especially for the money. I also would love to see the above mentioned speakers in a show down and throw in some of those 'best value' speakers like Paradigm that are sold through high end audio stores.

I have done a direct A/B comparison between the Aperions and Paradigm Mini Monitors v.3. No comparison paradigm are great speakers. But not in the same league as Aperions.

Doubt if we will every get a true showdown. As you mentioned advertizing butters the reviewers bread.

Speaking of Norh. Has anyone heard the 3.0? Very curious about these.

I would like to add also about,how i feel when my friend
told me,that one of his friend his buying a speaker in
Thailand, Norh Co., He showed me the picture of marble 9
they look like flashlight to me.We bought agree our friend
is better off buying the B&W N05,i audition this speaker
that time iam getting tired of my martin logam quest z,
with my wife pressure,i went out and audition them,they
were very good but they did not have enough base in my
room, my friend thought this are better and more musical
than my logan,after reconnecting my logan its very clear,
the logan are my preference.Then one day when the marble
9 arrived with norh multiamp in active mode,complete burn
in my friend call me.This guy own the NO5,He said, You
better hear those norh they are natural, no brightness,
no distortion,and i have suffer since i heard them.Honestly
I thought big deal I FELT THE SAME LIKE SUNNYJIM AND ESM 11,
INTERNET IN THAILAND, UNKNOWN FORGET IT.i CANT EVEN DEAL
WITH THE AUDIO DEALER ACROSS MY STREET,WHY BOTHER GO TO
INTERNET OR OVERSEAS.Until i heard this norh 9,I was blown
away they are beautiful for my taste, i like unique.Then
the owner told me they do have 6.9 for $950. and le amp
for $450 and this are monoblock.So I took the risk,Norh
products to me are hard to beat easpecially for their price.
But again it scary to deal with people we have not met,If
you dont have the guts to do it then dont do it,Its
your money in the first place,other wise mylanta will
be the choice for stomach upset.