I'm never going to hear a megaspeaker in a good room am I?


Was thinking about something. There’s a thread about good $40K speakers which made me think that honestly despite hearing a lot of them at shows, I’ve never heard one in a decent environment. Now, perhaps we can argue:

If it doesn’t sound good anywhere, including a hotel room, is it really that good a speaker?


But let’s not go that route. But I am thinking to myself, in well treated rooms the best speakers I’ve heard were merely mid-range Wilsons and Magicos. I say "merely" because they were under $40k, not because of performance. The two best speakers I’ve heard, in medicore rooms were the SF Stradivari and Snell A/III, and top of the line Vandersteen.

All the $40K + speakers I’ve heard have been at shows, and either very badly treated rooms, or in halls so big the first reflection point was like a mountain echo. Am I ever going to get to listen to $40K+ speakers in great rooms anywhere again??

As a result, I’ve developed a severe bias against the performance of mega speakers, because I only ever hear them in terrible rooms and have not heard one I’d spend money for, and honestly that's unfair to them.

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Erik, it sounds as though you are not satisfied with your SNR1s? They are obviously not built to the same standards as a Magico so its not surprising you are thinking about how much better a $40k speaker sounds. 

Being angry that you cant afford $40k+ speakers is only going to make your hifi sound even worse than it already sounds. I would suggest you enjoy what you have and stop complaining.

Eric, Perhaps one day I will buy speakers in $20k-$40k range.  I had Daedalus top range speakers in mind (Zeus), but the only place I can hear them is at the manufacturer's listening room.  Nothing wrong with that, since I can get best advice and selection there.  On the other hand I bought wonderful speakers from the company (Hyperion) that had no established dealer base and went bankrupt.
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