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Hello fellow audiophiles and music lovers,In continuation of our popular blind shootouts of amps and speakers for a panel of judges, we are now organizing our next event which will be a blind shootout of approxiately 10 floorstanding speakers whose retail prices are $3,000 or LESS. As always, we let our readers and other audiophiles choose the speakers to participate in the shootout. We are asking AudioCircle members to submit their speaker recommendations to us via email - or you can post them here in this thread.What we need is specific brand names and model numbers and prices. Example: "I'd like to see MojoSmasher model #RM10x for $2,499 and the Atomsmasher by Tinitus Audio for $2,999 in the shootout!".We will contact the manufacturers of the most requested speakers to invite them to participate in the shootout. In addition to the shootout, each speaker will be fully measured and each will be individually reviewed by one of our staffers.Obviously, we cannot force speakermakers to participate and sometimes there are legit reasons for not participating. Most often the reason is that the speaker requested is about to be updated or replaced altogether so it would not be beneficial to anyone. And sometimes, manufacturers are just chicken! We'll find out!So please, think seriously about your candidates. You can recommend as many models as you like, just please ake sure they meet the criteria: floorstanding priced $3,000 or LESS. And please do not just say "Vandersteens and Magnepans". We have to have specific model numbers to be fair and accurate.email is: publisher@stereomojo.comThanks!
Salk Sound SongTowers ($1800) or the SongTower RT version ($2500) - the SongTower was included in the new Audioholics blind comparison and received good feedback. Speaking of conflicts of interest, Audioholics actually SELLS the stuff they review and others. I cannot imagine how anyone would give them any credibility. You should also ask Danny Richie about his experiences with them.We're seeing what corruption has done to us and the world economy. The audio industry and the audio press has as many horror stories. We accept a very limited number of ads and unlike most other publications, you will never see any advertising on the same page as a review. Personally, I hate to have to read around advertisements when I' reading a review. Payola is alive and well in the audio press friends. Don't let anyone tell you it's not. The ones that talk the most about how ad revenue does not effect reviews are the biggest offenders. Just a little FYI.That's no reflection on Jim Salk, btw. I know Jim and his wife and I don't think he would ever be involved in such stuff. You never know for sure, but I doubt it. He makes wonderful speakers, too.
Let's see Danny's new P audio ob speaker in there.How about a pair of SP mini's in there.Maggy 1.6.Rocket_Ronny
I don't know if my suggestion should or shouldn't be a consideration, because you could get interesting input either way, but ...(a) keep all the speakers the same type, i.e. all horn loaded, or all planer, or all monitors, or all high efficiency, all open baffle, etc., - OR - (b) have one speaker of each type in the shootout and see what the overlal audience thinks comes closest to the absolute sound, regardless of the limitations of the individual design type.Just a thought - could be interesting either way.Bob
Great!Here are the ones i'd like to see -1. Salk Songtower ($1800 or $2500 for RT version)2. Exodus Audio Kepler ($999)3. Magnepan 1.6QR ($1895)4. SP Tech Mini ($2500)5. Gedlee Summa ($3000)If kits are allowed, then i'd love to get Selah Audio RC5 ($2700) and Gedlee's Abbey ($1200) into the mix.
Maybe you should have just one thread about this here .. rather than two. Let all suggest names in a single thread ..
