It gives the Pioneers a boost inasmuch as it implies that AJ is a competent, and well regarded loudspeaker designer. It doesn't indicate equivalence between the low-budget Pioneers and the high-end TADs.
I love the smell of snobbery in the morning.
You are not even close on that remark. In any fashion.
I do not spend insane amounts of money on audio or anything else.
You would not see ML amps, $22K speakers, $500/ft wires in this house.
I am telling you, that if we could make do when wages were much lower 40 years ago but a decent speaker was over $100, then...it should be no problem having to spend ≥ $400 today.
But some people have been buying these cheapo Pioneer speakers and then whining about their lack of quality. When the solution, from the start would have to spent a bit more money in the first place.
On the low end of the scale, you usually get what you pay for...spend a bit more, jump up in the quality received.
I mentioned to many people looking for speakers, who seem to want an entire 5.1 system, right now, but don't really have the cash on hand, to buy anything more than htib. To buy in stages...L/R first, sub or center next, surrounds last. Buying higher quality speakers at each stage and then they will not end up with buyers remorse, from having poor quality.
That is exactly what I did.
But I guess to you, that is being a snob.