20,000 dollar speakers?

[Tankini]

Well, I try to avoid red meat (beef, lamb, pork). So I prefer seafood gumbo.

And I don’t drink any alcoholic beverages.

So that's why you look 50 instead of 65.

 

[mono-bloc]

I did read somewhere, that the MBL company are up for sale There looking at the investment possibilities
The big problem is not about the cost's involved but the size of your house. not everyone has a ball room

Theses speakers are huge, in the same league as the Swiss made Clarisys Auditoriums . As far as costs goes
The main market for this type of product is the UAE, where purchase tax is all but non-existent. There's also a
lot of interest in the Asian market. Again where money is not really a concern

The big problem is getting the amplification correct to get the best possible result, What you spend on the speakers
also spend the same or more on the amp''s. Wilson Audio, has had a few problems with people reporting a bad result
D'Agostino Master Audio Systems. have given the best results. The Magico M series seem t have the best re sult s using
Block amplification

There was a report some time ago where a woman in the UAE had spent over 250 thousand dollars on handbags

There was report on some of the high end forums about the cost of the Magico M9, You can have a couple of Porsche sports
cars or a pair of M9 speakers. As the report said you can only drive one Porsche at a time, but you can enjoy two speakers. ??

 

[TankTop5]

Well, I try to avoid red meat (beef, lamb, pork). So I prefer seafood gumbo.

And I don’t drink any alcoholic beverages.

High quality grass fed beef is extremely healthy and one of the most nutrient dense foods out there. I understand if it’s simply a personal choice but all the anti red meat nutritionalists are up there with flat earthers

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

High quality grass fed beef is extremely healthy and one of the most nutrient dense foods out there. I understand if it’s simply a personal choice but all the anti red meat nutritionalists are up there with flat earthers

I am skinny, but I tend to overeat, especially STEAKS. So just trying to cut back.

 

[MrBoat]

Personally, I am not very comfortable around such high-end audio and it's surroundings. About the same feeling as a doctors office, in at least with the layouts that have been trending for some years.

As someone who has built things from wood his whole life, including a bunch of speakers, the majority of expense is in the finish, just considering abrasives alone.

The other thing that helps is, admitting that one is not so complicated, in which to need such things. I'm still getting my audio hat handed to me every night on a pair of 12" DIY speakers I built 8 or 9 years ago that I may have $1k invested in, including cherry veneer under satin varnish, and a matching pair of 12" subs in the same finish for a few hundred more. First thought that comes to mind every time I sit back in the chair and a good song comes on, is . . . if it gets any better than this, I just don't care. Anything above this is well above me.

I have two pair of diy bookshelf speakers that actually make me smile when certain sounds come thru them. One pair was $170 in parts, and the design is kind of measurably wrong with regard to audio-nerd crowd's beliefs. I wrapped them in some nice looking walnut and there is a certain high utility quality about them.

The other is a pair of small, 4" bookshelf speakers that have 4"woofers in them and ribbon tweeters. I hate small drivers for hi-fi. But these damn things, in a bedroom setup, keep me in my room past 11 on weekends. They're connected to a WiiM amp that I got on sale last Blk Fri sales events. Speakers are heavy, with just over $300 in parts, $50 for the cabinet materials, clad in Sapele and gloss lacquer. Just moving them is a feeling of quality.

 

[Mikado463]

Mr Boat, if you are happy, that's all that matters and the same can be said for those that choose to spend many more $$$ ! The sun still rises in the East and sets in the West...........

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Yep. Whatever makes the person happy is the key - whether DIY or spending little or a lot of money buying speakers.

We can’t expect everyone to feel the same.

But the point of the OP’s question is what is the difference between a $2K/pair vs $20K/pair speakers?

I think we can all agree that the difference is primarily in the built quality (better parts) and aesthetics (better cabinets). The sound quality can also be better, but there is always diminishing returns.

 

[Verdinut]

The difference between a 2K/pair and a 20K/pair can also be used by a lot of people for something else.

 

[MrBoat]

Mr Boat, if you are happy, that's all that matters and the same can be said for those that choose to spend many more $$$ ! The sun still rises in the East and sets in the West...........

Yeah, I have nothing against what anyone else does and even support most of it unless they are trying to convince me of things I find not to be true, or discount me for not being as heavily invested.

Things effect all of us differently. I simply don't care to listen in what passes for high-end end, or what amounts to eccentric audio environments, these days. Even though I can afford high-end audio things now, I'm just not envious to that end. When someone happens along wondering about speakers that cost $20k or more, I simply like to point out that there is a way to be as rich at this, without spending the $.

 

[little wing]

I wondered into Best Buy yesterday to kill some time before a haircut appt, and listened to some Kef speakers that cost over 3K each, more than double what I paid for my Ascend Acoustics towers. And they didn't sound any better than mine, to my ears. Granted they would sound different in my space, but still, I was expecting to be blown away by over 6k speakers.