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Beyond Boutique Speakers

The thread "boutique" speakers was apparently for makers who are famous enough to get regular reviews in Stereophile.

I thought it would be good to focus on makers who have not even gotten that far or you want to have a personal relationship with your speaker maker.

Selah Audio

https://www.selahaudio.com/

Lee Taylor, who made my cabinets and knows his stuff:

http://www.taylorspeakers.com/

And of course Fritz

http://fritzspeakers.com/


Of the three, I’m only familiar with Taylor’s cabinetry which is excellent, and Fritz’ finished products.

I can recommend both based on the reasons above. I really like the choices Selah makes, but I’ve never heard or seen them in person.  The floor is now open to recommend others.  I would like to ask that we stay with small makers who do not make it to the review pages on major magazines.
erik_squires

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mozartfan
2,143 posts
 
Personally I think way too much attention has been focused on cabinet, style, looks.
My main concern, especially at my age today, is cabinet weight.
AS I’ve mentioned here, my limit on consideration of a speaker choice is 80 lbs max. I can lift 80,,or at least half drag/carry.
I plan to add a 2nd speaker next year, after i recover my paypal debt from investment in a failed tube flipping business.
will be the Seas Bifrost,,, I plan to build my own cabinets out of oak , like stair treads from Home Depot.
I think we need to reconsider speakers and pay more attention to the quality parts in the xovers.
With my new Thor /Mundorf xovers,, I can tell you caps make a huge impact on speakers performance.
I am about to swap out 2 more caps, from EVO going to Supreme EVO, 8.2’s, list at $220 each, so its a big investment, but i’m guessing the nuance payoff will be worth it.

Back to OP, I agree with Erik, folks should look/consider beyond the commercial venue  when purchasinga  speaker.
The 3 cabinet makers Erik posted all offer beautiful designs at a  lot less cost vs commercial labs price bloated  price offerings, not to mention they can be <customized>> to your requests. .
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mozartfan
2,143 posts
 
Love my Tyler acoustic linbrook signature 2 piece speakers


^^^^
Well I also love my Seas Thor MTM.
Let me ask you, how much does each section weigh??
My guess is 50 lbs each.. which is movable, but a  pain in the arse.
I think Tyler should have only offered large spakers upon request  only, and  directed more his attention to speakers under 70 lbs each all with Seas Excel drivers. 
His Towers are just not practical for shipping nor wife friendly. 
Which brings me to this Q
^^^^^
Are bigger speakers better than smaller (under 70 lbs) speakers?
Let me rephrase the Q.
What advantages do larger/heavier speakers have vs smaller /under 70 lb speakers? 
Rephrase:
Bigger is better?
Why?
I think we need a  critical  criteria of size/weight in speakers. 
IMHO  the bigger, the heavier, the less practical, less efficient, less wife friendly and MORE ugly, stand out likea  sore thumb in any room. I guess you can say I am anti-large size speaker configuration. 
IMHO I think audio is headed to  a  minimalist approach. 
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