Tube Friendly Speakers - Down to 30Hz - $3000?

Thanks, Duke.

A personal rant:
I live in Los Angeles. The second largest city in the USA. I have identified seven loudspeakers that I'd like to hear. None are available to hear in Southern California either because there are no dealers, the dealers do not respond to inquiries, a dealer will not demo the speakers because of the uncertainty of a sale, the manufacturers do not respond to my inquiry to locate a local owner or to arrange an in-home audition, or there are no local owners.

The speakers in question are almost all currently popular or recently well-reviewed models. Only two are what I would consider somewhat obscure.

When someone asks the question if high end audio is dead or dying, I will point out my experience. This hobby cannot survive without responses from dealers and manufacturers to a potential customer, and the lack of distribution does not bode well for the survival of boutique gear.

I thank all of you who have assisted in this thread and in private emails.

Tvad,

Your experience(s) are unfortunate, don't really know what to say. FWIW, I saw the Silver Oaks a while back at Kevin's and seem to recall a footprint of less than 10" square and a height of +/- 4 feet. I never listened to the speaker so I can't comment on their performance.

Yes indeed Tvad. But I'll tell you what I noticed as well: I travel all over the place and in nearly all cases, there were never as many hi-fi shops in the cities as in little towns. I have two shops in my (very) rural area that cover like 20 brands, from JM Lab to Totem to Cayin and YBA. Pretty crazy huh? I suppose that doesn't help you but I always found it interesting so I thought I would bring it up. New York does seem to be an exception however, but then again, it always is.

09-05-06: Aball
Yes indeed Tvad. But I'll tell you what I noticed as well: I travel all over the place and in nearly all cases, there were never as many hi-fi shops in the cities as in little towns.

I should add that when I speak of Los Angeles, I am including a 50 mile radius, which encompasses many towns in the surrounding area.

Anyone have any experience with Klipsch RF-83 (100db, 8 ohm, 29Hz-21Khz...$2500 retail)?