His analysis of the high end is essentially correct . But he simplifies
a bit to get his message trough .
And builds active speakers and promotes that as the way to do stuff ,
which is also esentially correct .
But his brand is not the only good speakers ( which can be the message
sometimes ), but they are probably good .
Avi does not send review samples to typical hifi magazines ( they have
to buy a pair of they want to hear them ) and they do not place ads in
them anymore I think ?
So he got the audiophool press rigth . Even the best review is at is
best basically random ,that's the best you can get with no measurement
and sigthed subjective listening . But it's usually worse as other have
pointed out repeatedly on this forum for example .
It's is rather interesting .
He realised that a correctly designed ( active ) speaker is a hard sell
to the traditional audiophiles , the people that really needs good audio
products has become a cult . Tubes cable lifters and quantum fillters ?
1000$ USB cables ,cargo cult engineering galore .
So jumps off the audiophool bandwagon and tries to find other kinds of
music enthusiast that might be interested in a good speakers . Which is
the rigth thing to do . Get to the 99% that are not audiophiles . But
how to rally interest in something so mundane as a loudspeaker ? It's a
nut to crack , the avarage joe migth se them as all the same .
His message is somewhat unpolished :) AVi might benefit from some pro
help regarding marketing , but it's somewhat endearing that it's not
doing it that way .
But don't forget that even if he/AVi comes of as bit abrasive aggressive
or weird . He's not a charlatan he sells real engineering no snake oil.
So he has the moral high ground .
How many would for example do this . Their flagship speaker recently got
the DAC part upgraded in a general revamp with better drivers and other
adjustment . And the sales info actually says that DAC upgrade in itself
would probably not be audible ? :) refreshing .
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