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Shuns mooks. And MQA.
Dear all,
I am currently looking around for new speakers, actually have been for a while, ever since fate conspired and dumped a lovely Accuphase Class A power amp into my living room, at a price I couldn't resist.
When looking at the marketing material of various manufacturers, particularly those that are too small to produce their own drivers (and it seems to be correlated to size, with few exceptions), you often read that the drivers are custom made for them by some well known brand like those mentioned in the thread title.
Now, the cynic in me argues that of course they are going to say something say something like that, because saying that you buy off the shelf stuff, particularly in higher price regions will be difficult to swallow by potential customers. But how much customisation are we really talking about, and is some tiny self-proclaimed "audiophile" "high end" garden-shed company really in the position of telling Scan Speak how to make a driver? (I think Scan Speak's R&D department is probably larger than many of these companies) Or does the customisation really just encompass "please print our logo on it"?
I am currently looking around for new speakers, actually have been for a while, ever since fate conspired and dumped a lovely Accuphase Class A power amp into my living room, at a price I couldn't resist.
When looking at the marketing material of various manufacturers, particularly those that are too small to produce their own drivers (and it seems to be correlated to size, with few exceptions), you often read that the drivers are custom made for them by some well known brand like those mentioned in the thread title.
Now, the cynic in me argues that of course they are going to say something say something like that, because saying that you buy off the shelf stuff, particularly in higher price regions will be difficult to swallow by potential customers. But how much customisation are we really talking about, and is some tiny self-proclaimed "audiophile" "high end" garden-shed company really in the position of telling Scan Speak how to make a driver? (I think Scan Speak's R&D department is probably larger than many of these companies) Or does the customisation really just encompass "please print our logo on it"?