newatlas.com: When it comes to loudspeaker design, looks are much less important than how they sound. There are exceptions that please both eye and ear of course, such as the remarkable Nautilus floorstander or the A9 wireless disc. The rather pricey Jetstream system from Brit brand Ferguson Hill is a gorgeous example of the 'exceptions' design camp.
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While that concept is kinda cool, that price tag is ridiculous. While I know some home speakers have a price tag near $50,000, most don't and the most popular home speakers are like $5,000 at most. I feel like if your home speaker reaches or exceeds the cost of a line array stack then you have a problem, that is some serious overkill. If people want to spend their money like that, who am I to stop them. While I might think that's a really dumb way to spend your money, especially for maybe marginally better sound, it's not my money. That £9950 ($12645) amplifier is kinda ridiculous as well, most system amplifiers are like what, $2-$5,000, spending double that is actually insane. I get audiophiles will spend exorbitant amounts of money for the "best sound system", that doesn't mean it's kinda stupid.
Holy crap that's a lot of money. The speaker looks kind of interesting, but honestly I think it's a little bit ugly. they're right, the sound isn't about how the speakers look, it's about how it sounds. paying over $100,000 for speakers is just ridiculous. Now if it's like professional theater and it's tons of speakers and you're getting the really good ones, really loud huge ones, I totally understand that. but for a home speaker system you do not need to pay 100 Grand. That's ridiculous. I genuinely just sometimes get really confused of why people are spending their money on stupid stuff when they're such big problems in the world that need funding and they're just ignoring them. I'm also going to reiterate the fact that those speakers are ugly, now that's just my personal opinion.All I can say is that I really really hope that those speakers at least sound good!
I gotta say, these do look really cool. I’d be curious to hear how they sound and watch them move some air – literally, I’d want to watch to see if I could see them move when they make sound. I also wonder if any amp can power these, or if you need their own amp to run them. With that kind of price tag, I’d be inclined to believe you do. I can see why people would buy them, but I think I would prefer my ugly Communitys – they sound fine, but I can pile stuff on top of them, too. I wonder if this is something the entertainment industry can start to develop, or maybe I should say adopt once it’s developed on its own. At least with theater, I can already see how they could change sound engineering just by allowing speakers to be put in places they previously wouldn’t have been able to.
This is a really cool speaker system with a unique design aesthetic, but I don't think anything justifies the price tag of $100,000. To be completely honest I think that the price tag should be closer to $1000. This is clearly not meant to be a consumer product, but one that is intended for rich people, and insane audiophiles. One thing that would concern me if I were looking to buy these insanely expensive speakers, is how freaking large they are. These, in the photos on the website, take up so much of the real estate of the room. I also think that these speakers aren't really my design aesthetic, I would prefer ones that looked a little bit better while not being as large. I don't think that I would ever put these in a house. This is a completely ridiculous sound set up that I do not think that I will ever see in person.
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