His analysis of the high end is essentially correct . But he simplifies a bit to get his message trough .
And builds active speakers and promotes that as the way to do stuff , which is also esentially correct . But his brand is not the only good speakers ( which can be the message sometimes ), but they are probably good . Avi does not send review samples to typical hifi magazines ( they have to buy a pair of they want to hear them ) and they do not place ads in them anymore I think ? So he got the audiophool press rigth . Even the best review is at is best basically random ,that's the best you can get with no measurement and sigthed subjective listening . But it's usually worse as other have pointed out repeatedly on this forum for example . It's is rather interesting . He realised that a correctly designed ( active ) speaker is a hard sell to the traditional audiophiles , the people that really needs good audio products has become a cult . Tubes cable lifters and quantum fillters ? 1000$ USB cables ,cargo cult engineering galore . So jumps off the audiophool bandwagon and tries to find other kinds of music enthusiast that might be interested in a good speakers . Which is the rigth thing to do . Get to the 99% that are not audiophiles . But how to rally interest in something so mundane as a loudspeaker ? It's a nut to crack , the avarage joe migth se them as all the same . His message is somewhat unpolished :) AVi might benefit from some pro help regarding marketing , but it's somewhat endearing that it's not doing it that way . But don't forget that even if he/AVi comes of as bit abrasive aggressive or weird . He's not a charlatan he sells real engineering no snake oil. So he has the moral high ground . How many would for example do this . Their flagship speaker recently got the DAC part upgraded in a general revamp with better drivers and other adjustment . And the sales info actually says that DAC upgrade in itself would probably not be audible ? :) refreshing . -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102499 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
