The Best Loudspeaker Brands for Both Luxury and Performance: The Definitive List

I'm into Audio. Have been all my life. So it's really hard for me to understand the luxury stereo.

But . . . . If I was to buy a luxury watch, I would go to a trusted dealer and buy one that had clout and that I liked the way it looked. Spend my $$$ and go home happy.

I do know people that buy grand pianos because they have a room that it would look good in. They don't buy a cheap one even tho it will never be played. Yamaha or Steinway at minimum

Same with art. People buy what is hot at the time. Hopefully something that they like -- but not always, as long as it impresses.

Why not the same thing w audio?
 
the professor said:
You don't need to go to a track to really enjoy performance. Yes - for that last 5% you do but, not for the majority of the performance.
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Yes, you can enjoy a high performance car under normal driving conditions, but really that is just a hint of what they can do. At a track, you are allowed to do things that you cannot do on normal roads. That’s when you demand much more from a car: acceleration, hard braking without fading, car balance, etc. That is when you can really appreciate what that car was designed to do. That has been my experience.
 
Agreed

nicoff said:
Yes, you can enjoy a high performance car under normal driving conditions, but really that is just a hint of what they can do. At a track, you are allowed to do things that you cannot do on normal roads. That’s when you demand much more from a car: acceleration, hard braking without fading, car balance, etc. That is when you can really appreciate what that car was designed to do. That has been my experience.
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LVB said:
+1

Kuoppis forgot he is trying to sell a speaker he just bought based on the “best tweeter” approach. Turns out it takes a whole speaker to make good sound :rolleyes:
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Do we have yet another angry old man outburst here?

Interestingly enough, you are again talking about gear you have never heard. Baseless assumptions are of course also an opinion.

But I do indeed have speakers with excellent tweeters, mids, and bass. They are in fact so good, that I stepped back from an amp replacement, which would have ultimately lead to me changing my speakers.


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the professor said:
But . . . . If I was to buy a luxury watch, I would go to a trusted dealer and buy one that had clout and that I liked the way it looked. Spend my $$$ and go home happy.

I do know people that buy grand pianos because they have a room that it would look good in. They don't buy a cheap one even tho it will never be played. Yamaha or Steinway at minimum

Same with art. People buy what is hot at the time. Hopefully something that they like -- but not always, as long as it impresses.

Why not the same thing w audio?
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A suggestion.I hope that folks of this financial stature consider contributing a portion of their disposable income to a charitable / non profit agency where it will help people in need and have a positive impact.
 
LVB said:
On the contrary, always a pleasure to point out the dichotomies in your posts ;)
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Ever tried to be smart and pleasant? Some people say that goes a long way.


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kiwi_1282001 said:
Statements like that incense some Magico owners (LVB, Gene et. al) – all the more so when they are made by a former Magico owner.
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Well, my comment should make you happy. It gives you an opportunity to push Borresen a little more, doesn’t it? Or have you lost your brand ambassador agreement in the meantime, Ralph?

And as you say, I’ve had several Magicos, and now like something else better. And the problem with that is...?

There are people who appear to take Jeff’s comments as something absolute. But I find it a bit difficult to build a best of list by excluding key technologies. At least Jeff’s colleague Jonathan Valin used to have Raidho’s and now has MBL’s, which neither have domes.

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Oh im so mad at Kuoppis for incensing me when exposing my tweeter envy! No embosoming until i get an apology! ;)
 
Gene said:
Oh im so mad at Kuoppis for incensing me when exposing my tweeter envy! No embosoming until i get an apology! ;)
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So sorry Gene, please, please, please... [emoji3]


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Kuoppis said:
So sorry Gene, please, please, please... [emoji3]


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Sure..its all ok now.. but embosoming will need to be virtual for obvious health reasons :lol:
so....HUG>>>HUG>>>HUG from a present to a former magico fanboy
 
Gene said:
Sure..its all ok now.. but embosoming will need to be virtual for obvious health reasons :lol:
so....HUG>>>HUG>>>HUG from a present to a former magico fanboy
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[emoji3] I still like Magicos, would not have owned three pairs if I didn’t. Now I have something else, don’t really understand the fuss.

A bit difficult to rationalize that binary line of thought some people appear to follow, that there’s only 100% for, or 100% against something, and nothing in between.


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Mike said:
Thank you to Jeff Fritz at Soundstage. Always a fun time.
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Exactly.
Perhaps we overlooked the entertainment factor in the article?
It doesn't read like it was meant to be an exhaustive market-reasearch into speakers... subjective would be more like it.


For a subjective example, I would have included Kharma speakers in the list; German Physiks (the driver should qualify, it's not a horn). Probably others as well.
 
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