Hey Everybody,
I want to share my respect for the honesty/integrity of Micheal's "field report" of what happened in his system between the DI's and his Wilson Sasha speakers. He is my favorite staff reviewer on the Stereo Times website and always gives insightful and helpful information in his reviews.
His experience again validates how disruptive the cost to performance ratio is for the DI's, remember this demo pair is the basic model with no upgrades at all, and "snaps" any rational reason to spend mega bucks on speakers from companies, in my opinion, that grossly over charge for their product. I had a pair of speakers as my reference that retailed for 19K and Micheal's speakers retailed for 28K and each model was left in the dust sonicly compared to the DI's!
I believe if I was one of these major speaker manufacturers it might be harder to sleep peacefully at night as word spreads from professional reviews and even more importantly "word of month" in the audiophile world's awareness from sites like this one. There is an overall relationship between the cost of a piece of gear and its performance. However, many individuals who buy high-end products often believe that hideously expensive gear "MUST" out preform far less costly pieces.
Eric has snapped this equation to a point of no return with his paradigm breaking new designs. Eric's passion has nothing to do with profit, yes he needs to make a living, it totally revolves around the excitement of discovery/creativity when he designs/builds his creations and bringing great joy to people who love music!
I want to share my respect for the honesty/integrity of Micheal's "field report" of what happened in his system between the DI's and his Wilson Sasha speakers. He is my favorite staff reviewer on the Stereo Times website and always gives insightful and helpful information in his reviews.
His experience again validates how disruptive the cost to performance ratio is for the DI's, remember this demo pair is the basic model with no upgrades at all, and "snaps" any rational reason to spend mega bucks on speakers from companies, in my opinion, that grossly over charge for their product. I had a pair of speakers as my reference that retailed for 19K and Micheal's speakers retailed for 28K and each model was left in the dust sonicly compared to the DI's!
I believe if I was one of these major speaker manufacturers it might be harder to sleep peacefully at night as word spreads from professional reviews and even more importantly "word of month" in the audiophile world's awareness from sites like this one. There is an overall relationship between the cost of a piece of gear and its performance. However, many individuals who buy high-end products often believe that hideously expensive gear "MUST" out preform far less costly pieces.
Eric has snapped this equation to a point of no return with his paradigm breaking new designs. Eric's passion has nothing to do with profit, yes he needs to make a living, it totally revolves around the excitement of discovery/creativity when he designs/builds his creations and bringing great joy to people who love music!