I’m wondering if this particular pair of speakers would have measured as designed without the flaws would we know who Nuyes is?
Has there been anyone else with these who have heard any flaws or been disappointed with the performance of their purchase of these?
With respect, that is no different to the classic response from service agents "Oh this is the
first problem we've ever had with X product. (yes, it's a standard BS line)"
The absolute vast majority of people who buy HiFi don't have the means, the knowledge, or the interest in measuring their gear. And neither should they. They base their decisions and place their trust in the manufacturer's statements and specifications.
Where products do not live up to their hype/specs and people have paid a ton of money for them, the situation deserves to be called out. Amir is way to kind IMO with a lot of gear where it clearly doesn't measure up, but he's likely got bigger/more fish to fry.
This Sointuva is not a disaster, but there are clearly facets of the product which don't live up to what was promised. I can see why the binding post issue occurred. Alan would have standard test bananas and would test every speaker. His plugs happened to be solid- he likely never used a hollow 4mm plug or a spade, so the problem with air pouring out was never discovered.
Danny at GR Research would have approved, because they are actually:
The rest of it, leaky tweeter-waveguide and resonance issues are probably only obvious due to the very low THD of the entire speaker. In a normal speaker, they would be swamped with other non-linearities. He made a speaker so clean, it highlighted stuff you'd never know about.
But, as usual, it was the dismissive, ducking and weaving and accusations of reviewer incompetence by March, that only served to make it worse. The doubling down, instead of stepping back and acknowledging someone's valid observations and points.