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nightdoggy

In Reply to: RE: It's an irony or a rip-off? posted by cheap-Jack on July 25, 2007 at 13:00:50

Antony Michaelson was quoted as saying he did not believe in the benefits of high end component parts.
But he charges high end prices for his Asian built gear....

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It is all money game ! - cheap-Jack 08:57:33 07/26/07 (5)
Hi.

Get a chance to open up your expensive brandname loudspeaker cabinets & check the hook-up wires & the parts used in the x-over networks.

Very likely you would throw up.

c-J
- Like the Audio Physic advertisement in Stereophile - nightdoggy 13:46:26 07/26/07 (0)
  which showed one of their $megabuck speakers with its crossover at the bottom of the page. $.45 cent electrolytics and crap coils.
  We added up the approximate cost and came up with $3.65 for each crossover!
  Shame on them.
- Thanks to every one for your imput - mayanitis 11:30:41 07/26/07 (3)
  Just for you jack,
  
  I looked inside my focal micro utopias which retail for $10k ( I paid a bit less) and found the caps appear to retail for less than $5 each at percys audio...ie 3.6uf 250v in speaker compared to a close 3.9 uf 250v for $2.50 retail
  
  I should say I still like the equipment that i purchased, but they could have been better for the price
  - The part I would change - Russ57 07:33:10 07/28/07 (0)
    The caps and the inductors are quite good enough. But I'd swap out those white "monkey coffin" resistors for some Mills. I think you find it worth the cost/trouble.
    
    Russ
  - Actually that's a good crossover - nightdoggy 13:48:39 07/26/07 (1)
    better than 90% of the high end crossovers I have seen.
    - Agreed. - cheap-Jack 07:01:29 07/27/07 (0)
      Hi.
      
      I upgrade audio components for audiophiles as my hobby job. IMO, 85% costly brandname speaker systems built like crap inside.
      
      The image posted really shows a very quality built cross-over networks & good size quality hook-up wires given the high priscetag. Hard to find such nicely built speaker system inart nowadays.
      
      Much much better than my stock KEF 2-way bookshelf speaker systems where I had to rebuild the entire X-over network into bi-wiring & replace ALL the cheapie tiny 'lytic caps with oversized non-polar PP film caps, & hookup wires to #12 gauge.
      
      c-J

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