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    Quote Originally Posted by paulf-2007 View Post
    Clive, they may well be the best speakers you've heard but the law of physics tells me they may not be as good as they look and maybe their looks seduced you more. £14000 is a lot of money for a pair of stand mounts albeit with unique life style looks. It's all about what people will pay at the end of the day.
    I think that as before retirement, I spent many years in the HiFi trade, demonstrating, selling and installing HiFi equipment and speakers that I have a background with some expertise, and therefore can justifiably state that the speakers under discussion are the BEST that I'V ever heard and in my opinion sound better than they look.
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    I think they look absolutely vile. Not that it matters. But they look plain odd. A real case of stand aethetics over sensible design.

    Any insight into what design parameters make these so good?

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    I have yet to hear the best speakers ever , thats why I keep looking buying and trying
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    Well I've heard some YG Hailey speakers http://www.yg-acoustics.com/category/hailey, and they were fooking amazing

    Best speakers ever? Probably best I'll ever hear

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    It is everyone's own idea of what is great and perfect I guess. First time imprssive doesnt always mean you will like a few months in. Speakers especially suffer from this. I quite like my ow ones but am first to admit they have their faults. Its just that I can currently live with them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Firebottle View Post
    Well I've heard some YG Hailey speakers http://www.yg-acoustics.com/category/hailey, and they were fooking amazing

    Best speakers ever? Probably best I'll ever hear
    Hadn't heard of them but just looked them up and found a "best speaker ever" type review on their Sonya XV speaker...$265,900/pair
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arkless Electronics View Post
    Hadn't heard of them but just looked them up and found a "best speaker ever" type review on their Sonya XV speaker...$265,900/pair
    One wonders how long it will be before someone markets a $1,000,000 set of speakers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    One wonders how long it will be before someone markets a $1,000,000 set of speakers.
    I expect it's already happened Barry.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    One wonders how long it will be before someone markets a $1,000,000 set of speakers.
    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    I expect it's already happened Barry.
    Surely not..? For a pair of speakers.... Maybe one of the AOS members who went to the high end show will know if such things exist? The subset of "can afford that no problem" + "would know good speakers if I heard them as I've been into hi fi and live music for years" must be quite small I would guess...
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    How about these. A million dollars .....................Each! And that was eight years ago!

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