Five Million Dollar Speakers

these speakers and those cables = $10 M experience. Honestly how can you deny having the sound from the real world, thats been recorded then replayed to fill your room $10m times better then a subjective high end speaker system that doesn't even break a $1M is any better?!?!
 
I guess we now know why the batcave home theater room cost 2 million to build.
 
damicatz said:
What kind of idiot pays $40,000 for headphones?

That's as bad as diamonds (which are also a scam).
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They were $13k brand new. Now they're worth much more than that. It seems to me that the people who bought them actually made very intelligent purchases.

Also note that not everyone who spends more on something than you would spend is an idiot.
 
I don't recognize the mid-driver right off the top of my head, but that tweeter is undeniably a Vifa Ring Radiator. And while it is considered to be of the best tweeters avialable, it is still just a $35 unit.

That particular design was already perfected in the 90's with the B&W Nautilus speakers. I guess the economy has gone to crap, cause it only took $60K back in the 90's to get them. Now you gotta pay 5 Mil for an even worse design :(

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westrock2000 said:
I don't recognize the mid-driver right off the top of my head, but that tweeter is undeniably a Vifa Ring Radiator. And while it is considered to be of the best tweeters avialable, it is still just a $35 unit.
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Yeah, for that much they could've at least put some of these in the damn thing...
 
westrock2000 said:
I don't recognize the mid-driver right off the top of my head, but that tweeter is undeniably a Vifa Ring Radiator. And while it is considered to be of the best tweeters avialable, it is still just a $35 unit.

That particular design was already perfected in the 90's with the B&W Nautilus speakers. I guess the economy has gone to crap, cause it only took $60K back in the 90's to get them. Now you gotta pay 5 Mil for an even worse design :(
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The woofer looks like a pearless or vifa also. They both enjoy to use strange shape baskets. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
 
LeninGHOLA said:
Those products are not considered audiophile, really. It just shows you like decent products.
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Well, I'm just going by this:
au·di·o·phile
noun
a person who is especially interested in high-fidelity sound reproduction.
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/audiophile?s=t

Now if there's some marketing group or snobby rich club out there deciding "this is audiophile, that is not audiophile", etc, then to hell with them. I take my sound seriously because I want good quality sound. Labels mean nothing to me, so if I just have good taste in products but it disqualifies me from the "audiophile" label, so be it. I'll be happy just so long as my Mozart sounds crisp and clean. ;)
 
Phoenix333 said:
Well, I'm just going by this:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/audiophile?s=t

Now if there's some marketing group or snobby rich club out there deciding "this is audiophile, that is not audiophile", etc, then to hell with them. I take my sound seriously because I want good quality sound. Labels mean nothing to me, so if I just have good taste in products but it disqualifies me from the "audiophile" label, so be it. I'll be happy just so long as my Mozart sounds crisp and clean. ;)
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This is why you're not an audiophile. You're being logical about sound. Audiophiles will often toss out or attempt to discredit scientifically measurable differences in favor of perceived differences in sound quality.
 
LeninGHOLA said:
This is why you're not an audiophile. You're being logical about sound. Audiophiles will often toss out or attempt to discredit scientifically measurable differences in favor of perceived differences in sound quality.
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I think you're misusing the term "audiophile" in the place of the correct term, which is "elitist morons".
 
MavericK96 said:
I think you're misusing the term "audiophile" in the place of the correct term, which is "elitist morons".
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Spend some time on audiophile forums and you'll see what I mean. Maybe the elitist morons stole the term, but it's pretty widely accepted that they are one in the same these days.
 
LeninGHOLA said:
Spend some time on audiophile forums and you'll see what I mean. Maybe the elitist morons stole the term, but it's pretty widely accepted that they are one in the same these days.
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I understand your point. I suppose my general lack of social interaction leaves me a bit behind the curve when it comes to cultural redefining of the language. :p
 
Steve said:
We've seen some expensive hardware in our day but nothing like a pair of speakers that cost $5 million (Monster wires and Geek Squad calibration not included). Even if you were a billionaire....spending that kind of money on these speakers is seriously retardical. :rolleyes:
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Shiiiiit, for that kind of money I'll hire the artists to play their work for me live...
 
Dev1ant said:
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Might be a bit short here.
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Oook...so uh, hmmm...no one else is going to call this chap out, then I will.

I find your lack of discretion disgusting and I believe that you should take better care to exercise proper decorum in the future. Plastering your personal banking statements especially given the rather large numbers involved (but even if there was nothing in there) HAS NO PLACE in this thread and only serves your desire to engage in LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME attention whoring bullshit.

This of course is my personal opinion, but please ask yourself WHAT purpose does posting this serve other then attention whoring?

None.

:rolleyes:
 
STrooperTK421 said:
Oook...so uh, hmmm...no one else is going to call this chap out, then I will.

I find your lack of discretion disgusting and I believe that you should take better care to exercise proper decorum in the future. Plastering your personal banking statements especially given the rather large numbers involved (but even if there was nothing in there) HAS NO PLACE in this thread and only serves your desire to engage in LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME attention whoring bullshit.

This of course is my personal opinion, but please ask yourself WHAT purpose does posting this serve other then attention whoring?

None.

:rolleyes:
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Took it a bit too seriously there.....this entire thread is in jest. Should've questioned why there is $2 mill in a crummy savings account. Clearly it makes logical choice
 
westrock2000 said:
I don't recognize the mid-driver right off the top of my head, but that tweeter is undeniably a Vifa Ring Radiator. And while it is considered to be of the best tweeters avialable, it is still just a $35 unit.
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Do remember that isn't the only ring radiator on the market. Scanspeek makes ones in their Discovery line that look like it as well. Not saying it is anywhere near worth the price, just that more people have black ring radiators like that.

That particular design was already perfected in the 90's with the B&W Nautilus speakers. I guess the economy has gone to crap, cause it only took $60K back in the 90's to get them. Now you gotta pay 5 Mil for an even worse design :(

BW-Nautilus.jpg
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You can still get them. B&W hasn't really improved on them for the high end so they still sell them basically unaltered from the ones you got in the 90s. Still expensive and built per order. For sure one of the best sounding speakers out there though still questionable if they are worth the case (even if you have it).

That is one thing I really like about the SVS M series I have, you really do feel like they were well worth the money. They have ScanSpeak AirCirc tweeters which go a long way to justifying the price by themselves.
 
brycejones said:
The specs on those speakers look like shit though at that price.
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Specs on speakers do not tell you how it sounds and almost always are misleading. If they costs so much, they probably sound pretty good and you can bet your ass off if they are not the 'best sounding speakers' as they claim, there will be plenty of people to set them straight on the claim.
 
DeathPrincess said:
Also...47Hz- 37Khz!?! Thats absolutely shitty and will sound rather...bad, lacking all the important (bass) frequencies...would be like using inner ear headphones...:D

"Bell foundry" technique is just like any other moulding technique...might as well use sand casting.
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You are mistaken.

I can show you a system that actually does 20 Hz to 20KHz, I can then cut from 45Hz down completely off. Unless you listen to riding durty rap shit with below 40Hz sound, you will not be able to tell the difference. Most 'bass music, even rap, has very few notes below 35-40Hz and almost NO pop music does.

Now, ask yourself one more question: If someone spends millions on front speakers alone, what makes you think they won't have a freaking awesome sub setup as well?
 
BBA said:
You are mistaken.

I can show you a system that actually does 20 Hz to 20KHz, I can then cut from 45Hz down completely off. Unless you listen to riding durty rap shit with below 40Hz sound, you will not be able to tell the difference. Most 'bass music, even rap, has very few notes below 35-40Hz and almost NO pop music does.

Now, ask yourself one more question: If someone spends millions on front speakers alone, what makes you think they won't have a freaking awesome sub setup as well?
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Depends on your tastes. I have quite a bit of music that plays down to ~25hz, with a handful that goes lower. Not rap or dubstep.

These speakers are -4db at 47hz, so lets call that -3db at 50hz. Plenty of music goes below 50hz, even some deathmetal.

It's hard to say how the manufacturers specs were tested as the article says they sound best if placed in the corners of a room, so these may have been tested with room gain as well.
 
BBA said:
You are mistaken.

I can show you a system that actually does 20 Hz to 20KHz, I can then cut from 45Hz down completely off. Unless you listen to riding durty rap shit with below 40Hz sound, you will not be able to tell the difference. Most 'bass music, even rap, has very few notes below 35-40Hz and almost NO pop music does.

Now, ask yourself one more question: If someone spends millions on front speakers alone, what makes you think they won't have a freaking awesome sub setup as well?
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You are mistaken if you think something like classical music has nothing below 45Hz... Even looking at fundementals, the Basson (29Hz), Harp (30Hz) and Double Bass(41Hz) all start below there. Keyboard instruments like Piano (27Hz) and Organ (varies but can go down to sub 20), not to mention synths. In proper well edited music, on proper medium (not vinyl) those frequencies will be there. Cutting them off is nolticable, as frequencies of that range you can feel strongly, and strongely change the feel of the music. Though the lower instruments will still be audiable, it will lack power. Source: mixing classical music and a whole load of other types.

On a quality sound system, anything will sound the best it can, it doesn't matter if its "shit rap" or old guy rock music. Watching films on a pair of non full range drivers sucks when theres big epic moments, It makes the whole thing flaccid and watery and doesn't give a full experience. One of the clear indications of the lacking bass is as noted above the "place in a corner" comment. People do that to increase the bass.

I'm sure if you could afford silly $5m speakers you could probably afford a decent sub, buut there are speakers with better bass response for 100000x less, it makes the whole system seem a little silly. If I had a pile of cash to spend on a speaker system id be buying one of those infrasound speakers... Can't beat infrasound eyeball rattling...:D
 
Can someone please explain the point of speakers going above kHz (e.g. kHz) unless they are a present for your dog?

And only down to 47Hz? For that money I would expect a sub for that price.
 
Can someone please explain the point of speakers going above 37kHz (e.g. kHz) unless they are a present for your dog?

And only down to 47Hz? For that money I would expect a sub for that price.

Damn edit!
 
Wiseguy2001 said:
Can someone please explain the point of speakers going above 37kHz (e.g. kHz) unless they are a present for your dog?

And only down to 47Hz? For that money I would expect a sub for that price.

Damn edit!
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I can barley hear past 16Khz to be honest. Most people are in between me and 20Khz. Soo... Its Epeen stuff.
 
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