Blue Ridge Sound Engineering Speakers ???

Duke,

I think you are absolutely right. I thought the same thing, but didn't think my post would see the light of day.

Oz

many of the original allison designs and acoustic research designs can still hold their own with the likes of loudspeakers costing 20k or more. allison 4's, though not technically as fullrange as the bigger allison one, is more tonally accurate than many expensive speakers that are though to be s.o.t.a. the fact that blueridge uses a classic design to use as a benchmark for building new models is commendable.....with many other new speaker companies, it is indeed 'the blind leading the blind'.

Jaybo, perhaps I need to clarify my inquiry about Blue Ridge's statement that boldly states the Allisons are "Widely considered to be one of the finest, if not the finest sounding loudspeakers ever produced". Really? I've never heard anyone here on this forum put the Allisons right at the top of the mountain of ALL speakers EVER produced. Blue Ridge's wording "ever produced..." is one heck of a statement and seems much more than just a qualifier about a good classic design speaker to reference against. Saying that the Allisons are AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME right near the very top of all speakers, bar none, ever made, has me seriously scratching my head.

Eric, These are not as good as your 20/21's, or sasons, but, for the auction prices, and even 2k, they are dam* good, especially if you want tiny speakers, that sound amazingly big, accurate, entended, and give a great soundstage.

Smilin, thanks for the clarification. I absolutely agree with you that any speaker priced so reasonably that plays with true full range capability is an excellent deal. My inquiries revolve more around Blue Ridge's website-advertisement, which sets a bit of a more extreme tone about their product. It seems (to me) like this company actually thinks that their speaker is just as good (or even better ) than any speaker at any price, i.e. my questions here to why they use Allison as their "ultimate" reference speaker to benchmark against.