You right. In a big living room, a cheap speaker is enough. https://www.thomann.de/fr/yamaha_stagepas_400bt.htm
Anybody heard any of these high dollar speakers enough to tell if they are good or not?
I've heard some speakers costing $40k to $68k per pair. In a large room they did sound impressive though some suffered from various ills like small sweetspot etc. I've heard a couple in problematic rooms that sound just horrible.
I wonder who buys these things.
Although I’ve seen some folks think the Magico horns are ugly monstrosities, I happen to find them beautiful.
I’m trying to put together a home theater room right now. I chose my dealer because he advertised that he sold Revel and JBL. But when I asked for JBL, he tried to steer me toward Wisdom. I had never heard of them before, and glancing at their website, I got a feeling of boutique startup. Kind of pricey for what you get, and unknown quality. We compromised by settling on Revel. Why he refuses to sell me JBL, I don’t know.I have heard some high end speaker systems at Cedia. I haven't been in three years, so I haven't heard the latest. Usually JBL Synthesis and Wisdom's top of the line are considered best in show. Alcons system has come on as of late. Decked out these are all over $100k. I have heard the Steinway Leingdorff(?) speakers, which sounded pretty good. I think I have heard Magicos, but it was a while back. If I did, it didn't make an OMG impression.
One year at Cedia, Harman decided to end the show with their Everest speakers cranked up. You could hear it throughout the entire convention center. I stood in front of them and it felt like a Niagra Falls of sound. Not the best sounding speaker, but impressive how loud they could get.
If I wanted to buy speakers that cost that much then surely I would have to buy a house that costs more. Those speakers just won't fit in my one bedroom apartment.
Why he refuses to sell me JBL, I don’t know.
Yes, that is my suspicion.Too little profit margin?
Everyone has to watch this video, $1 million MBL speakers are made with toothpicks and a toaster oven
Yeah but I don't knowNo need to use more advanced tools than necessary. Toaster ovens can be converted to fit lots of useful applications. There's lots of people who rebuild them for use as DIY solder reflow ovens.
Looks very expensive to build in that manner but I imagine that even if they could increase production and lower the price by orders of magnitude, those will never appeal to a large audience.Everyone has to watch this video, $1 million MBL speakers are made with toothpicks and a toaster oven
Usually they are not (low) bass horns and optimised for SPL like an active Genelec, meaning they might reach similar levels but just in some regions of the audio band. Unfortunately they usually also don't give SPL numbers, so we can only speculate and till then the Genelec seems to be objective "SPL king" outside of PA stuff.Didn't realize the Genelecs would get that loud. Some of these systems still might equal or exceed that. Some of them are horns and some have equal woofer area.
You might want to read this thread.I’m trying to put together a home theater room right now. I chose my dealer because he advertised that he sold Revel and JBL. But when I asked for JBL, he tried to steer me toward Wisdom. I had never heard of them before, and glancing at their website, I got a feeling of boutique startup. Kind of pricey for what you get, and unknown quality. We compromised by settling on Revel. Why he refuses to sell me JBL, I don’t know.
Based on your post, it seems Wisdom has been around a while, and is well accepted. Do you like them?
I was sorry to hear you didn’t think the Everests were the best sounding. I’ve never heard them, but have heard good things about them, and hoped they would be excellent, since I like my lower priced JBL’s so much.
Yeah but I don't know
I still expected something totally different
Irrelevant note... just noticed your avatar, nice pull from the Painkiller album art.I think I'm one of those folks. I wouldn't even accept them as a gift. Personal taste is a funny thing