Noble Audio - the Wizard returns!
Jul 7, 2016 at 11:57 PM Post #21,016 of 36,040
  He's one random, you're a company, I ain't saying nuffin more on this.
 
Back on track: are all the Noble Universals made in the USA? 

 
 
Are all Universals made in the USA.....
 
 
As Bill Clinton would say.......   that depends how you define......   made in the USA.
 
 
If one defines made in the USA from a legal stand point, then all Noble Universals are made in the USA.
 
 
Legal being, the majority of all crucial components and the majority of the costs to produce the Universals are all based in the USA.
 
for example, crucial components such as the Drivers, housing, sockets, all made in the USA, and all the funds that are used to purchase said parts go to USA companies.
 
To the best of my knowledge no member of Noble has ever said that Noble Universals are "made in the USA" what has been said by Noble is that the K10 housings are CNC'd in California/USA.
 
Folks have taken that statement and ran with it.
 
We currently manufacture/assembly Noble products in 4 countries. USA being one of them.
 
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Jul 8, 2016 at 12:06 AM Post #21,017 of 36,040
The comment about rush order pricing was aimed at me and I didn't feel offended by it so I think you should all drop it and get back on topic! :beerchug:

On to a better note, apparantly my K10's are going to be delivered today after all! :darthsmile: not sure how they managed it but woop woop :D
 
Jul 8, 2016 at 12:12 AM Post #21,018 of 36,040
The comment about rush order pricing was aimed at me and I didn't feel offended by it so I think you should all drop it and get back on topic!
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On to a better note, apparantly my K10's are going to be delivered today after all!
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not sure how they managed it but woop woop
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Jul 8, 2016 at 12:31 AM Post #21,019 of 36,040
The comment about rush order pricing was aimed at me and I didn't feel offended by it so I think you should all drop it and get back on topic! :beerchug:

On to a better note, apparantly my K10's are going to be delivered today after all! :darthsmile: not sure how they managed it but woop woop :D


No, wasn't really aimed at you. Well, the rush order comment was, but we are talking about a different part of that conversation.
 
Jul 8, 2016 at 9:25 AM Post #21,024 of 36,040
I don't believe that driver count (6BA, which you were probably referring to in the above post) says all about sq and price justification.
 
For example: imo my PS AR6 (6BA) almost sounds as good (completely different signature though) as my RSD Solar (10BA). AR6 also sounds much better to my ears than the (also 6BA) 1964 Ears V6 Stage that I had in the past. Besides that, the SE5 Ultimate (only 5BA, but costs €1699) probably sounds better than all the above (c)iems I mentioned...
 
From what I've read, the NT6 should also be exceptional good (especially on detail retrieval), but probably a bit too much on the bright side for my own taste
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Jul 8, 2016 at 9:44 AM Post #21,025 of 36,040
  I don't believe that driver count (6BA, which you were probably referring to in the above post) says all about sq and price justification.
 
For example: imo my PS AR6 (6BA) almost sounds as good (completely different signature though) as my RSD Solar (10BA). AR6 also sounds much better to my ears than the (also 6BA) 1964 Ears V6 Stage that I had in the past. Besides that, the SE5 Ultimate (only 5BA, but costs €1699) probably sounds better than all the above (c)iems I mentioned...
 
From what I've read, the NT6 should also be exceptional good (especially on detail retrieval), but probably a bit too much on the bright side for my own taste
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So I think what you are saying is, higher driver counts do not always mean superior sound quality?
 
If so
 
 

 
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Jul 8, 2016 at 9:48 AM Post #21,026 of 36,040
  So I think what you are saying is, higher driver counts do not always mean superior sound quality?
 
If so
 

 
Yeah! I thought I just did in the above post
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Jul 8, 2016 at 9:49 AM Post #21,027 of 36,040
  I don't believe that driver count (6BA, which you were probably referring to in the above post) says all about sq and price justification.
 
For example: imo my PS AR6 (6BA) almost sounds as good (completely different signature though) as my RSD Solar (10BA). AR6 also sounds much better to my ears than the (also 6BA) 1964 Ears V6 Stage that I had in the past. Besides that, the SE5 Ultimate (only 5BA, but costs €1699) probably sounds better than all the above (c)iems I mentioned...
 
From what I've read, the NT6 should also be exceptional good (especially on detail retrieval), but probably a bit too much on the bright side for my own taste
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Higher driver count will always mean higher prices. It just costs more money to make them, period. Justified, that's a whole different discussion. The market will set what people are willing to pay, its always been that way.
 
Jul 8, 2016 at 9:58 AM Post #21,029 of 36,040
  Higher driver count will always mean higher prices. It just costs more money to make them, period. Justified, that's a whole different discussion. The market will set what people are willing to pay, its always been that way.

 
Well, SE5 (ref/ult) and Savant (2BA, but costs more than Trident & Savanna) are clearly some exceptions to that
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I agree on the market part!
 
Jul 8, 2016 at 10:06 AM Post #21,030 of 36,040
   
Well, SE5 (ref/ult) and Savant (2BA, but costs more than Trident & Savanna) are clearly some exceptions to that
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I agree on the market part!

 
 
Yep, there are examples all over that show that price and driver count isn't always in conjunction as well.
 
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