a few years ago, my audio club had YG to demonstrate.....maybe the ancillary equipment, but I had a an ear ache at the end. They offered any of their speakers for 50% off....no one was interested. It seems to me they need someone in r and d. I went there wanting to support an Israel company, but passed.
All substantive R&D has ended at YG Acoustics?
With the departure of
Yoav Geva last year, there has been no announcement of any replacement as chief engineer or much evidence of there having been any R&D staff doing a fraction of the work he did (if any). The CEO has a background in property management (this expertise proclaimed on his bio on YG's site) & no technical credentials. An investment firm bought YG with no other audio assets. Is there any reason to assume they will not milk the co.with no investment or similar R&D to their work in the past (only rearranging what they've already done) in the same way the investment firm that once bought Krell did (before eventually leaving when the income stream dried up)?
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This is totally incorrect, in fact they made a great partnership to move forward with CAS on the engineering front: https://cambridgeacousticsciences.com/2020/08/31/yg-acoustics-announcement/ The company just released a new crossover for the Sonja (I version) and have new products on the horizon that most know about if you talk to a dealer. Backing of a private equity fund is better than a normal audio manufacturer. |
This is excellent news. The co. they're working with has announced they're working on new driver technologies which sounds promising. I'd like to see the midranges upgraded at least to the extent they did with their billetdome tweeters. I've never heard an aluminum midrange that was SOA. I wonder how theirs compare with ceramic mids. They're not sold in our largest city, Toronto in Canada where I live & have never exhibited at our annual audio show, so I & all I know can't comment on their quality. |