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In the Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic
Post Subject: USA SOTA FUBARPosted by Paul S on: 5/14/2018
Josh, I admit I pretty much ass-u-me things sound bad until proven otherwise, because that's how it's gone for the 55 years or so I've been at this. Still, these are just the sorts of speakers I'd go out of my way to hear, given 1/2 a chance. Ironically, our own local T.H.E. Newport Show imploded after a particularly bad show last year, and I wonder if this year will be down to fashion models, hot rod cars, streaming audio options, apartment/dorm living options, tee shirts, and expensive long shots, like last year, only worse. One thing I know is that "huge effort and resources" going in are often an indicator of ultimate failure in terms of the manufacturing/transport/marketing/sales/customer service matrix of running an actual hi-fi "business". Not to mention, and as hard as it is to swallow, it's usually the "best" stuff that disappears fastest, for one reason or another, but mostly because of the tiny "market" for truly good sound. How disheartening for the few who actually care about sound more than technology, but once those who try "the best of everything" are spent, where's the market to support an ongoing effort? And if those idiots who do pay up are like me, they typically don't even bother to re-sell the stuff they're tired of! Why not try the Avantgarde Duo Mezzo for a more "affordable" horn? Also, I think you have to "customize" most factory products to integrate them and make them work in your house.
Best regards,
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