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Pretty expensive Wavecor drivers in this one. Probably something like WF118WA07/08 woofers and TW022WA02/04 tweeters. Would cost the DIYer nearly 300 bucks for the pair.

Hecos "poor man's DeVore OrangUtan96" got an upgrade: Heco Direkt Premium. MSRP is 3k€/pr, but Hecos tend to get sold with significant discounts very fast.

Mark Levinson No 5802 Integrated Amplifier https://www.hirsch-ille.de/sale/hifi-high-end-heimkino/13326/no-5802-vollverstaerker?number=12230100983 https://www.hifi-im-hinterhof.de/mark-levinson-no-5802.html?srsltid=AfmBOor6FfVe2Jc15P_uA2v-yG5XRMItfmjr4BAHaWi9Ich7zQMF707O 3499€ instead of...

Keep in mind that their MSRP has risen significantly towards the end of their lifespan. 1298€ for a pair in walnut. When Stereoplay reviewed them in 2015, the MSRP was listed as 750€/pr (non walnut/highgloss), but this times are long gone. Their successor (Aria EVO X No 1) has a MSRP of 1.498€/pr.

"The idea has been to combine the best in class loudspeaker drivers (Purifi), class-D amplifiers (Purifi), Digital-to-Analog converter (Okto Research), room acoustic treatment (GIK Acoustics), measurement technology (Klippel), software engineering (AudioVero), professional woodworks (ROSE...

The cone surface of one ten Inch vs four 5 Inch drivers is virtually the same, but the four 5 Inch drivers might offer an advantage in real room listening: With a single driver in typical listening height the direct sound and the floor bounce arrive at the ear out of phase, typically causing a...

Focal Aria 906 for 389€/pc. Shipping limited to Germany. https://www.cosse.de/unterhaltungselektronik/audio-heimkino-systeme/lautsprecher/30604/focal-aria-906-stueck-walnuss

Sehring Audio (Berlin, Germany) modular loudspeakers. 800 series 900 series

It took me several times reading through the review and thread asking myself "Yeah, the price is somewhat attractive, but why is everybody acting like it's the steal of the century?" until I realised 575$ is for the pair This would have been the speakers I needed 15 years ago, when my...

It all comes down to eonomies of scale. Total global lifetime sales of such pairs of 700+k super speakers are likely to be in the single digits.

Starke Sound IC-H1 Elite https://starkesound.com/detail.html?id=22 Fishhead Audio Resolution 1.6 BS https://fishhead-audio.de/resolution-serie/resolution-1-6-bs/#uebersicht Pylon Audio Jade 30 https://pylon.pl/en/jade-series/jade-30/

Some more obscure three way bookshelfs: Indiana Line DJ 308/310 https://www.indianaline.com/product/indiana-line-dj-308/ https://www.indianaline.com/product/indiana-line-dj-310/ Wilson Classic https://wilson-hifi.eu/product/classic/ Indiana Line Utah 5 https://www.indianaline.com/product/utah-5/

If you are located in Europe keep in mind that the DBR62 is virtually always on sale in Germany. Right now you can have them for below 400€/pr incl shipping within Europe: https://hidden-audio.de/product/elac-debut-reference-b6-2-stueckpreis-regallautsprecher-1012584/...

Loewe Inicio and Grand Inicio. Purifi Midwoofers and AMT Tweeters.

Avantgarde Acoustics Colibri C2 with Sub C180