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Yeah, there's some really crazy stuff out there. Wilson Audio is always a good for a laugh. The prices you mentioned are change compared to The WAMM Master Chronosonic speaker. I think they go for $700K/ pair.

Remember those $1K Denon Ethernet cables? AudioQuest now has one that's $10K.

But my all time favorite is still Machina Dynamica. Because taping a bag of $160 dollar rocks to your RCA cables is going to improve the sound. Or their $30 dollar outlet plate. The best one from them is a bargain at just $60. It's called the Teleportation Tweak. For $60 they improve your TV and audio system by playing 20 seconds of noise, over your phone.

The linked article shows no power usage math and get as technical as saying the thing is the size of a "stereo speaker". I have had a lot of stereo equipment over the years but I have absolutely no idea how to translate that unit of measurement.

Yeah, it could be the size of this speaker.

That's not true - the frequency of a speaker and its efficiency are not related at all. (exhibit 1: the Wilson Watt Puppy has a sensitivity of 93 dB 1 W/m)

That's not to say that you might not see a speaker with a flat-response and low efficiency, but it's not a causal relationship.

Too bad you can't buy that, but here's one that you might enjoy.

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I strongly agree. While I'll be the first person to defend Bose against unwarranted charges of 'crap' it's hard for me to not laugh at someone denigrating B&O, especially since their Beolab 5 loudspeaker is easily the 2nd best loudspeaker I've ever heard (behind the Wilson Watt Puppy)

Ye gods!
Those must be the single most ugly speakers I have ever seen.

What on earth made them to put that particular picture on the front page?
Not only does the form of the speaker resemble something out of a (very... veryveryvery) bad sci-fi movie, the shade of yellow just hurts my eyes.

On a closer look, I think I would only accept these in my living room. Well.. That's a lot of bass atleast...

Oh.. This was both troll and a flamebait. Guess I should have post anonymously.

you have no idea ...
Here's a Jadis at $45,000 and a Wilson at $65,000 (though Wilson used to make some for about $150,000 (called the WAMM))

A few posts here complain about the $8000 each price of the speakers. That isn't even close to being the most expensive available. Wilson Audio used to sell a set of speakers that cost $125,000 a pair. I don't see it on their web page anymore, but I did see the X-1 which cost $75,900 per pair according to this review. Thing is, the review was almost 4 years ago, they probably cost more by now.

A few posts here complain about the $8000 each price of the speakers. That isn't even close to being the most expensive available. Wilson Audio used to sell a set of speakers that cost $125,000 a pair. I don't see it on their web page anymore, but I did see the X-1 which cost $75,900 per pair according to this review. Thing is, the review was almost 4 years ago, they probably cost more by now.