Very High end Speakers Boenicke audio - Page 5

Believe whatever you want to, but I choose to believe there are lots of rules regarding workplace health, safety, first aid, worker's compensation and hazardous materials that companies are required by law be to in compliance with.

so because he was put into more commonplace clothing for a photoshoot, he's obviously violating workplace safety and that makes you not want to buy the speakers, purely because of the marketing photos? I assume you believe Tyll dresses up like the hulk everyday while he's working at HeadRoom (tyll, if you really do, I want vids ), and that Kenneth Grange wears his fedora 24/7 while working at B&W? c'mon man, its a marketing photo....

oh, and even if it wasn't, you're telling me whenever you do ANY form of home improvement/repair project, you're FULLY tricked out in the latest OSHA certified protective wear? (do you wear shin gaurds, hearing protectors, eye cover, long sleeves, and proper boots whenever you run your lawnmower? how about wearing closed toe shoes, long sleeves, long pants, and a hair net whenever you make youreslf food? what about gloves for cleaning?)


@ the "whats a $20k speaker sound like compared to a $2k speaker"
I'd say "different", "better" is subjective imho, and once you've met "good", you're only talking about degrees of "difference" (i.e.: objectively prove that a K701 is inferior to an Edition 9, on a basis of price, its generally impossible, although if I asked you to objectively prove that a SkullCandy Ti was inferior to an Edition 9 on that same basis, you could probably find some support (for example, one of them can actually cover the full range of human hearing ))

He is presenting himself as a serious craftsman of top tier loudspeakers and the bottom half of him is shouting "I'm a joke". I think the trendy word is called "congruence" where the whole image has to be believable and to me he isn't. I think people look at a picture like that, it gets absorbed into the subconscious as being something "not quite right" about him and people without being aware of it have a negative perception of him and the product he is representing.

whatever man, you're reading way too into this methinks

You need immediate reclassification as an MOT.

why? he's a reviewer, not a salesman or engineer

and you're a member, not a moderator

Even if the owners of this company have deep pockets I don't see them staying in business once the novelty of their product wears off in two or three years.

These things smell terrible to me. The marketing fluff is astounding. The LAST thing you want in a speaker is "reinforcement" of a certain frequency. While the physical shape of the speakers seems fine, like any horn-loaded design, it is just foolish to build them out of something so impermanent and unpredictable as wood.

If that exact same speaker was built out of a more inert material, such as MDF or laminated wood, it would sound better and cost less. There are only two reasons I can think of to justify why a professional speaker designer would deliberately make an inferior product:

1) Simple ignorance of speaker design, or
2) A desire to capitalize on people with more money than sense.

None of this is to say that they don't sound good -- they may very well sound excellent. I'm simply saying that the choice of material has hampered their overall sound quality while driving up the price. Why would anyone want to be a part of that? There are plenty of truly well-engineered and wonderful-sounding speakers at that price point, so there's little reason to compromise sound quality and value for looks and sex appeal.

Moreover, Munk, you might be too new here to know the rules, but this is a big no-no. If you OWN a review site, then you have a financial stake in the success of certain products. On this site, individuals with financial interests in the products they are talking about are designated as "MOT"s, or "Members of the Trade". If you intend to post here as the owner of a review website, you need to register as an MOT before you continue. Otherwise, you run a very real risk of having your posts deleted and your account suspended.

Sorry for the bucket of ice water, but this thread needs cleaned off. Do I need to be a moderator to say that, Obobskivich?

Fair enough. If you intend to keep your business and posting separated, then you are not an MOT. I know, for me, that line would be hard to hold, and MOT status is free.