Teton monitors from Wavetouch Audio - A Must Hear

How 'bout them Packers!?

My ACTUAL issues with patent claims and other nonsense on the Wavetouch site have been conveniently and utterly ignored,

I don't see any mention of patent(s) or "magic" on the Wavetouch website

At this point, you've stated your issues with Wavetouch. No one else seems interested in hearing much more about that. And i haven't seen much in the way of substantiation for your claims, on your part. So, why not let it go or move on to another thread?

Sorry, I meant to type "nonsense" (whatever that is) instead of "magical"

Since this is suppose to be a "community" of music lovers I'll attempt to dial this down a bit. W_... Reading your posts in a few other threads i better understand the kind energy and nuance you lead with. Usually your sarcasm is humorous and good natured. I can see how when something gets under your skin you can't let go. I'm totally the same...ask my wife. I have no idea how this thread began. I suspect early purchasers who liked Alex may have started the rallying here to spark further interest. Either way, one thread isn't going to make or break anyone...agreed. I did a little research and found Alex's granted patent dated 2012. His patent was one of twelve patents issued that year in the loudspeaker design catagory. Paradigm, Pioneer, Harmon were some others. He is the only owner as far as I know and I was chiming in with what I know about his work to speak up for what I simply know to be true and to share my personal impressions. I get your disposition here...as you value healthy, spirited, educational, community type discourse you take what you refer to as shilling as a personal afront. That being said I'm done being confrontive.
Cheers.
Now getting back to the music...

I've spoken and written back and forth with Alex a few times about a Wavetouch audition. He comes across as a patient and knowledgeable designer and salesman who, at one point, also thoughtfully contacted me first about a holiday deal he had going. And although I haven't yet pulled the trigger on auditioning a set of Tetons (I'm still quite happy with my de Capo i's), I'd feel confident in doing so if and when the time comes.

Now, I'm probably going to be harassed for this, but:

I closely re-read the OP, as well as the follow-up posts trumpeting the loudspeaker. A few things struck me about the OP:

1. Its copy simply reads like an advertisement or a Penthouse Forum letter - and one based on clumsy, hackneyed tropes and syntax.

-- "I later learned, in rich, exotic Russian birchwood that one can tell of top-notch quality, carefully and meticulously put together."

Seriously. No one writes like that unless they're in sales. In the 80's. Or unless they're writing reviews for Stereophile now.

-- "The monitors fill the huge studio with music as if a pair of 5-foot tall floor standing were in used. Soundstage were ceiling high and 6-foot deep. Vocals were in-your-face with each instrument precisely positioned as if we had attented a jazz rehearsal in a garage."

The spelling errors and grammatical errors seem indicative of a template being followed by someone for whom English is not a native language.

-- the classic "Context; exploration; discovery; revelation; doubt; resolution/satisfaction" narrative framework also reads like a print ad trope. Context (paragraph 1); exploration (paragraph 2); discovery (paragraph 2-3); doubt (paragraph 3); res./satisfaction (paragraph 4-5). Also, there is never any indication of precisely WHERE the OP first heard about Wavetouch - only that it was an "unknown brand advertised." Where? How'd the OP find out about it? This is akin to the "one weird trick" sales strategy that's been around for years and years and is in vogue online.

-- "To make sure I don't make a mistake and miss out on the big names, the likes of Harbert, Tannoy, B&W, psb, sonus....I start hitting the showrooms of LA. All of them are good, decent speakers but they don't strike me as possible replacements for the giant Wilson, three times their sizes."

This also seems disingenuous. Look, I don't own and never will be able to own Wilsons (nor would I want to - they look like glorified trash cans or like Daleks from Dr. Who), but I could own or have owned the other brands listed. They seem like a serious drop down in price if not necessarily relative quality. If the OP had mentioned Magico or TAD or YG or the like, all of whom build smaller speakers than the Sophia (Sophia 2? 3?) for much the same price used, I would have believed more.

-- "The Grand Teton is now in my living room replacing the giant Wilson for 1/10 the cost, 1/10 the size and not a note missing."

I'm sorry but no. The physics of acoustics, no matter where the plywood is from, says that small speakers can't push as much air as large speakers. As much as I love my Ref 3A de capo's, they'll never give me the presence of a pair of Focal Utopia 3 or an Egglestonworks Andra.

Although I'm not as vociferous as Wolf may be on doubting the authenticity of the OP as anything but a thinly-disguised ad, I am in agreement that it doesn't belong here. There're many aspects of the OP in addition to the ones I listed above -- grammatical and syntactic errors - that also degrade its ethos and question its origin. Some of the immediate follow-up posts display the same error and usage patterns, adding to their dubious nature.

Still - they give us something to talk and ankle-bite about.