YG Acoustics add in Stereophile


I saw the YG Acoustics add in Stereophile and was wondering if anyone knew what "Competitor" speaker they were refering to in the measurements. I heard the YGs at CES and they sounded great to me.
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There is much more to loudspeakers performance then flat FR. Many cheap 2-ways have as good or better (off-axis) FR then YG. Have a look at a $1500 Paradigm (And they actually also go below 80Hz). But YG does not seems to know that or, quite successfully I suppose, rely on the gullibility of its propaganda readers. Just few point for thoughts: Look at Soundstage Anat Reference measurements. Does the 30 degree off-axis resemble the measurements in their ad? Not even close. How about, MAJOR distortion levels in the 300-500 Hz and 2K-6K region (Some of the highest I ever seen). These high THD figures tell much more about the speaker then its FR alone. How about his ridicules claim that he is one of the only “foreigner” to ever win Japanese Stereo Sound Grand Prix (Basically 90% of the manufactures to win are, not Japanese – that will make them foreigners right?). Now YG speakers might be fine (Although the idea of adding a powered sub to a full-range monitor is marginal at best), but I can’t see how anyone can take any of their claims seriously.