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Awesome customer service from Simply Speakers
At Madisound all are part owners since madisounds employee owned.  As far as rude by reading in a bit to your post above you may be a bit of a abrupt person and it could be that the experience you received from the nice Midwestern folks at madisou... 
What makes a speaker sound great at low volume?
High eff with low power its not hard to find low noise amplifiers. 
Art Dudley Calls B.S. but without naming names - PLEASE DO!
Audio today is in a death price spiral  manufacturer A raises prices since so many audiophiles correlate price with performance so manufacturer Bs lower price on top model is seen as being lower in performance over costlier model A thus manufactur... 
Horn based loudspeakers why the controversy?
Open your mind and ears and give a horn system a unbiased extended listen.. I think most never do so before they comment negatively and rely on hearsay and bias to form opinion.  
Why Aren't More Speaker Designers Building Augmented Widebanders?
To many offering such to list. 
JA Perspecitve Stereophile review
If loudspeakers are english designs or built flaws become + if not flaws become exaggerated. JA is old and highly biased towards english products. 
How loud is too loud
you may have damaged the tweeters  
Most resolving Speaker
it doesn't exist since you will not get any consensus  
Who makes the best "Coaxial" Tweeter/Midrange design?
BMS SEAS TAD no best just different options 
Why have the prices of Marantz and Sansui speakers have gone up so much? Whyyyy???
Some of the receivers etc  from the 1970s are collectible now people are buying the speakers and TT etc to get complete systems. This in no way obsoletes any audiophiles gear selection so just relax. It doesn't mean that they are inferior to you t... 
Your Side by Side Experience With Best Vintage vs Newer Expensive Hi Tech Speakers
I work with the most modern of transducer I design loudspeakers have been doing so for over 25 years. I sort out designs for other manufacturers as well as design transducers. Many products on the market have a bit of me in them. I also collect an... 
Please Read and express your feelings and opinions....
Audiogon forums are full of dealers manufacturers suggesting there products or fan boys commenting on a new favorite product we also have the highly biased and inexperienced giving advice out. And those who do capacitor swaps of the day without ev... 
Is there a need for cinema. Speaker from theaters
Pro audio and theater audio can be as good or better performing than audiophile products.  
Missing the Old Days
altecs  
Speakers least affected by room acoustics
Large horns are the least effected by room issues if the fit they will work well. Horns have controlled radiation patterns thus less to reflect off wall floors etc.