I really have very little interest in listening to folks yammer on about 5 figure speakers. Kinda like I have no interest in listening to people debate the finer points of personal jets. I'm interested in maximizing the quality of what I have and can afford. Beyond that, I don't have much respect for the mediocre opinions of so many people who buy in the upper eschelons. They start buying into crazy stuff like directional fuses and wires and stopping the sound of the planet from disturbing their gear, aka, seismic noise.