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This speaker looks better from the back.

The entire front wall is comprised of 3 massive horns!

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Klipsch has been in business for 77 years making speakers that measure poorly. They know their audience, If its broke don't fix it. :D

I enjoy listening to music most in the dark so that there is no visual distraction from the performance. For me the ideal system would be that the entire surface of all 4 walls, ceiling and floor be transducers that still look like normal domestic walls. I don't mean that there be 1000s of...

Where I live its impossible to evaluate speakers at a dealer because they don't care or don't know how to set up a demo room. At one dealer I tried to listen to the KEF Blade 2 Metas. The room was a 15' square cube with cinderblock walls covered with drapes. On their first demo piece the...

Its possible to buy speakers with a 60 return policy and test the "burn in" myth.. Has anyone tried purchasing 2 pairs of the same speaker and put one pair aside and play the other pair 12 hours a day for 50 days and then invite people for a blind test?

Oh I don't know, I think we're as farty as anyone else.

I just posted this for fun and not as a meaningful comparison. Certainly there are a myriad of variables here; the general rate of inflation, the differing rates of inflation for the raw materials, exchange rates, production efficiencies, wages, economy of scale, market demands etc. In 1989 I...

1989 Klipschorn $3300/pair 2023 Klipschorn $16498/pair 1989 BMW 750iL $67540 2023 BMW 740i $96400 2023 BMW 760i xDrive $121300

For sure, the Magico M9 crushes the Borresen. Seriously, if you dropped the M9 on the puny M6 it would flatten it and the Magico would be unscathed.

https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/reviews/devialet-phantom-gold-loudspeaker-review-r654/#:~:text=Listening%20Impressions%20Summary,from%20such%20a%20small%20package. @mitchko tested the Devialet Phantom Golds for Audiophile Style

https://robbreport.com/motors/cars/gallery/best-coupes-1234893978/3-w-ferrari-roma/ Robb Report listed the 10 best coupes of 2023 and the least expensive car is over $90,000! I am outraged!