Why pay so much for super high end?


Most speakers costing $50,000+ use Seas, Scan Speak or Accuton.

In DIY forums most speakers designed use bargain drivers and usually are only 2.0 designs not bookshelf or center speakers to complete a surround system.

I’d love to have a Scan Speak 11 speaker system for atmos with 3 way bookshelves, center and floorstanders.

Why aren’t the designs out there and why are you guys pissing away all your money.

Personally I won’t get an upgrade from my speakers unless it’s of this caliber and neither can I afford nor want to donate money to these thieves.

A 3rd party 11 speaker atmos scan Speak system would be nice but I’m not spending $250,000.

Why on earth aren’t there designs out there for this and why do you all piss away your money?

I don’t get why hi fi isn’t all DIY even honest factory direct companies mark up 300%.

Unless you pull in $1+ million a year and don’t have any time I don’t get it.

Are you guys lazy?

Someone easily could design a great crossover and cabinets for everyone and the days of paying over $3,500 for a pair of loud speakers if you got some time or know a friend who could build cabinets would be over. I know of people who could design cabinets that rival $100,000 speakers and cost less than 1% than that.  Someone with some experience could easily design a diamond, beryllium and soft dome and various versions for various tastes.

I don’t get it. Speakers are so simple.  Crossovers cabinets and drivers.

You guys just throw your money away I don’t understand it why?


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prof, obviously we see things differently. I respect that, and I appreciate your reasoned reply. I consider there to be a level of respect between us. I think if you were to scan some of my posts historically you would find that interjection of that sort is not characteristic of my contributions here. I believe that in the majority of instances in the last decade where I have contributed things pertaining to religion or Intelligent Design it has been in response to what I consider marginalization or misinformation. I have attempted to abide by the protocol of the forums where audio is to be the topic, and I have also attempted to steer the conversation back onto the topic of audio. After seeing many instances of derision I decided it was time to mete out a bit of what people of a similar persuasion to me have endured for years. In fact it happens with sickening regularity. :(

We have both expressed our opinions, and I thank you for the cordiality of your reply.


randy-11, you have chosen to ridicule rather than learning through experience. I used to be that way regarding cables; I understand much of the cable skeptic, or perhaps the cheap cable, thought process. "Lots" of money is a rather nebulous, slippery descriptor, and it doesn't help your objection.  

I won't continue to draw into the discussion Darwinism, though based on your reply I could. I do not care to respond with an offensive retort, showing the marginalization that I requested not be exercised.

If you wish to discuss matters you will need to express yourself more maturely and logically. :)

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Wrong.

I have chosen to ridicule flat-earthers, birthers, and (quick) creationists along with other sub-scientific trolls because I have learned a lot about abnormal psychology through experience with them.
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