Need some small bookshelf speakers that really rock?

Price: $685,000 per pair.

They are $685,000 per pair I don't know how much rare metals must be needed to make it, or something?
While they probably sound amazing, this is likely a case of them pricing them that high just because they can.

Audiophiles can be a crazy bunch, some will pay insane amounts of money for equipment just because of it's name or that it's rare and different.

While I do have a lot of money tied up in audio equipment (probably not nearly as much as Barron Mudflap), I am too cheap to pay insane prices for stuff. Some of mine I either built or bought used. EX: I posted here some months ago that I got my dream speakers, a pair of vintage Klipsch. But I bought them used from a guy who's wife dumped him and he had to liquidate, and got them right.
 
While they probably sound amazing, this is likely a case of them pricing them that high just because they can.

Audiophiles can be a crazy bunch, some will pay insane amounts of money for equipment just because of it's name or that it's rare and different.

While I do have a lot of money tied up in audio equipment (probably not nearly as much as Barron Mudflap), I am too cheap to pay insane prices for stuff. Some of mine I either built or bought used. EX: I posted here some months ago that I got my dream speakers, a pair of vintage Klipsch. But I bought them used from a guy who's wife dumped him and he had to liquidate, and got them right.

nah.... My most expensive gear is a 'b-stock' NAD Amp. I've had it for about 15 years.... that and my Canton speakers (same age).
total for all of that was about $2500... because they were last year's models.

There's no reason to spend crazy money on audio gear. The higher the price, typically, the sound might be better.... but to what degree?
 
My ears used to be good... like my grandparent's and aunt's, I now have ringing in my ears, so I no longer appreciate the nuanced sound a high end speaker may provide.

Reminds me of a friend whose goal was to have a hot sports car (Ferrari, Lamborghini, ect) before he was 30 because he saw that too many only could afford them when they no longer had the skill to actually drive one. That was in the 80's when there were not as many choices of cars.

Now there are many speakers, that sound really good, for a reasonable amount of money, that people can afford while they still are young. :thumbsup:
Technology has made excellent cars and speakers available to the common man.
 
nah.... My most expensive gear is a 'b-stock' NAD Amp. I've had it for about 15 years.... that and my Canton speakers (same age).
total for all of that was about $2500... because they were last year's models.

There's no reason to spend crazy money on audio gear. The higher the price, typically, the sound might be better.... but to what degree?
Yeah, that's it. Once you get to a certain level of quality, the rule of diminishing returns kicks in. The degree of improvement becomes slight, no matter how much money you pay.

Regarding amps...I have a couple of vintage receivers I got from Goodwill that sound great. And though the audio snobs would not approve, I find that some of the commercial PA amps sound amazing, and at a much lower price than the high-end consumer audio amps sell for.
 
My ears used to be good... like my grandparent's and aunt's, I now have ringing in my ears, so I no longer appreciate the nuanced sound a high end speaker may provide.

Reminds me of a friend whose goal was to have a hot sports car (Ferrari, Lamborghini, ect) before he was 30 because he saw that too many only could afford them when they no longer had the skill to actually drive one. That was in the 80's when there were not as many choices of cars.

Now there are many speakers, that sound really good, for a reasonable amount of money, that people can afford while they still are young. :thumbsup:
Technology has made excellent cars and speakers available to the common man.
Car stereos have come a long way. I got into installing car stereos back when I was a teenager; even the best cars came with crappy radios. That was my first business, per se; I had an agreement with several Radio Shacks who would refer their customers who bought car stereos to me to install them. I continued to play around with car audio for a long time. Last one I installed was in my golf cart. LOL

Regarding hearing...I've been very fortunate there. I've mentioned before that I had dog ears when I was younger. I had extremely sensitive hearing and could hear frequencies far about what is considered the normal range of human hearing. I could hear "silent" dog whistles (they aren't silent, they produce very high frequencies that most humans can't hear. As we age, we tend to lose our higher frequency hearing, and though I'm no exception. I can still hear very good because I started out with such extended range. Last I checked, I could still hear pretty well up toward the 20,000 hz range. Most people my age can typically only hear to 11 or 12 thousand hz. This might be why I still love music so much.

Normal range of human hearing, BTW, is considered to be 20-20,000 hz.

You're correct that there are a lot of great sounding speakers now, even inexpensive ones. Technology has come a long way and there are a lot of companies making great products for budget prices. Micca, the brand that is mentioned above, took the audio world by storm a few years ago when they introduced their MB series. Very inexpensive speakers that sound quite amazing for the price. They continue to bring out new models, most of which have been quite good. Strangely, in their box speaker line, they only make very small ones. Their largest woofer being only 4". Many of us have been hoping they would bring their innovation to some larger speakers.

They also make some of the best sounding in-ceiling and in-wall speakers you've ever hear for budget prices, but those go up to 8" woofers.
 
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