I'm looking to get new speakers after quite a long time with a temporary pair (Polk R200, they're really good). However, I've decided it's time to invest more money, and now I'm facing a new problem. I was intending to go for speakers with good measurements like Revel m106 (or even higher). But then I dug deeper, I found out that there is considerable cost cutting going on especially where we can't look- i.e. in the crossover, where they use some real penny-cheapo low end components, and cabinet damping. After taking the time and digging some more, it seems to be the norm even in speakers costing twice as much, Revel far from being alone in this bad practice. And that's really annoying to me given the prices of these things.
Since I'm not going the diy route, I thought maybe the solution could be found with one of those small direct sale speaker businesses which are somewhere between diy's and consmer brands, such as Tyler acoustics, Fritz speakers, Ryan speakers, Salk sound (which build BMR monitors) etc. Other than BMR monitors which were much discussed and I understand are great, does anyone have any recommendation? I'm looking for a pair of large bookshelf speakers, which measure great, cost between 2.5-3.5 thousand dollars (preferably up to 3), and are actually built from real high quality parts in all regards- cabinets, drivers, crossover, everything! I mean, it's not like I dare expecting anything like a floorstander or a complicated 4 way, right? Is it too much to ask for a pair of 3,000$ bookshelf speakers to be really built of actual high quality parts and measure great?
Since I'm not going the diy route, I thought maybe the solution could be found with one of those small direct sale speaker businesses which are somewhere between diy's and consmer brands, such as Tyler acoustics, Fritz speakers, Ryan speakers, Salk sound (which build BMR monitors) etc. Other than BMR monitors which were much discussed and I understand are great, does anyone have any recommendation? I'm looking for a pair of large bookshelf speakers, which measure great, cost between 2.5-3.5 thousand dollars (preferably up to 3), and are actually built from real high quality parts in all regards- cabinets, drivers, crossover, everything! I mean, it's not like I dare expecting anything like a floorstander or a complicated 4 way, right? Is it too much to ask for a pair of 3,000$ bookshelf speakers to be really built of actual high quality parts and measure great?
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