As part of D&M holdings, it appears that Boston is now more a lower end/lifestyle brand with Snell carrying on the upper end range (still Made in the USA, by the way).
Well, excellent speakers won't overcome bad management, and in the case of M&K that's where the problem lay, as far as I can tell. You don't have "supplier" problems unless you don't pay the bills. They used fairly standard drivers (Vifa and such) and apparently were unable to obtain them...
Arthur: I'm not talking cabinets but the ability to pair match speakers to a reference. That is easier to do when speakers are produced in small batches and tested individually. I'm not sure how many Chinese factories do this (individually test each speaker off the line), but I know that many...
Actually, the reason for voiding the warranty was your clipping an underpowered receiver over a period of years (by your own admission). Very simple, really. And, your being honest with Ascend should earn you no brownie points. If you had sent the woofers to them for inspection, your...
I'm not. Let's see. They're placed on a 51 inch tv, which would limit how much space between them. In addition, they're way too high. The ribbon has controlled dispersion, aimed at sounding best in the sweet spot. Well guess what. In this setup, there is no sweet spot. These (most) speakers...
How about adding the caveat "In my experience" or some such. Otherwise, it's just so much hot air and boosterism and really can't be taken seriously (by me). BTW, I admire SVS and Tom's and Ron's work. I just think it's a bit silly to declare anything the best...period. It would be like my...
I had a long conversation (as long as you can with him anyway) with Richard Vandersteen and he strongly recommended the VCC-5 to go with the 2Ce. He said the VCC-1 would not keep up with the anything but the 1C. I haven't heard the VCC-1, so I am only going from 2nd hand knowledge (although it...