Emerald Physics: Same as the Quads in the fifties?

Do you think the analogy is appropriate?

Only time will tell whether this is a flash in the pan.

There are very few products that stand the test of time.

Since you profess an interest in excellent speakers, I'd suggest you try to find a speaker that is largely unchanged in a long time (say 30 years) and is still manufactured and yet still continues to sell at over $10K. That speaker will not be perfect but it might do a lot more things right than it does wrong.

Shadorne, I like your suggestion a lot. In fact, I own a pair of Piquet-restored ESL 57, which are "only" 35 years old.

The purpose of my thread was precisely to find out if by being conservative as you suggest, I would have missed a major breakthrough. The hope when you post a question on audiogon is that you get answers from true audiophiles who have tried the product you're interested in, and you did not have a chance to try. The risk is that some of these audiophiles might have businesses on their own, and interests that contrast with an unbiased answer. I am not sure I got this kind of unbiased answer, but the majority of the answers seem to agree that EP are quite good, and quite a deal in terms of performance/price ratio. Whether you can call that revolutionary or not is a different story, and perhaps you're right: only time will tell.

That said, and independent on this thread, it would be very nice if there were two classes of Audiogoners: those with a business, and those who don't have a business. That way, when you get an answer you know how to weigh it.

Shadorne, I like your suggestion a lot. In fact, I own a pair of Piquet-restored ESL 57, which are "only" 35 years old.

Exactly my point, if it were still manufactured today then it would be truly revolutionary, as it is i t had a good run! Time will tell.