Re: Another powered speaker comparison
A big part of doing this in the first place is to cut through the trade rag articles, where products are compared against themselves, and thus every single one is good. Everyone is warm and fuzzy, everything is good, circle around the campfire. We have more clients coming to us now, since they are fed up with clueless sales droids, context-less magazine articles, etc, and they want experienced comparisons where not everyone is a winner. We aren't out to make any manufacturer look bad. Look at the 12" plastic boxes; they fill a price/weight point, they aren't intended to compete with pro touring boxes, and it's no surprise that none stood out as spectacular. I'm hoping there aren't any manufacturers out there that are surprised their lower price point offerings aren't on par with high $$ options!
Something interesting - a client was there, that was planning on buying a specific pair of speakers, based on cost. After hearing them all, and seeing how minimal the cost in context of a full system - is now seriously considering the TT25A's. The prices on these are pretty close, enough that the focus can be on audio quality rather than cost. It's also why we didn't have any Meyer or L'Acoustics, for example, but capped it at under $3k street, powered.
