Re: Are Sinclair Audio Speakers White Van?
The SoundsAround store here in Calgary also sells Sinclair Audio and I wondered the same thing - are they legit speakers? Based on the info on their website and the review from TorontoHifi, it would seem that they are not White Van speakers.
But, my brother and I were burned before by the Nuance scam* at Soundsaround in the past and so I'm very hesitant to consider speakers now from a speaker company that does not have a solid, long standing reputation (especially if they're sold by Soundsaround).
My advice would be to give the Sinclair Audio speakers a couple auditions, but also compare them with other speakers out there. I've come to learn about many great speaker companies here on the forum (i.e. SVS,av123) that I would not have known about before or thought were any good, so the Sinclair Audio speakers might be good speakers but they might also be hyped crap like Nuance. That's the risk you take when going with a speaker company that you don't know much about.
*For those not aware of the Nuance scam, Nuance is a Canadian made speaker line where retailers have very controlled demos for you, using Q-sound to make you think that the speakers are incredible, when it is really not the speaker but the way the sound was recorded that makes it sound so good. The company also refuses to publish specs on their speakers (a la Bose) since so many companies use specifications to trick the consumer and therefore it's better to not give them any at all
Oh, and they don't have a list price, so the consumer has no idea how good a deal he's getting when the dealer gives him a "special price for today only".
