Harvestor
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Wonder how they sound...?
https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis8eijc-viking-acoustics-gottenburg-full-range
$320,000.00 Speakers Viking Acoustics Gottenburg
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Wonder how they sound...?
https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis8eijc-viking-acoustics-gottenburg-full-range
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Harvestor
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Sitting here analyzing what the actual cost of materials and Design / labor cost to build these the speakers and my estimate is each speaker cost anywhere from $4,000 to $9,000 each total cost to manufacture from putting pen to paper Concept in engineering to the final product.
What what are you guys and gals think?
What what are you guys and gals think?
swechsler
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Still only half the weight of an Infinity IRS system.
cpt_paranoia
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Don't know what they sound like, but they are fugly...
swechsler
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Note that they're offering 15% off through April. Hurry and take out a second mortgage on your house. They're only $272,000 now.
Harvestor
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If one man and his company of 1 were the Builder of these extremely exclusive speakers and all he sold was one pair of year and the production time was four to six weeks.... As stated at the website... Then the rest of the year he can have vacation, maybe that's why the price point is set so high...lol
Harvestor
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I sat and auditioned the infinity IRS system about 5 times and I would say for the money spent you're getting something of substance that sounded wonderful.... Substantially more transducers and wood Cabinetry for a whole hell of a lot less money.... Much more realistic margins
swechsler
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Supposedly the IRS was sold below cost. Don't know if that's true or not, but it'w worth noting that the Genesis 1.2 (the IRS's descendant, in case you're not up on such things) sells for more than double the IRS's inflation-adjusted price.
audiotemp
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So what you're saying is that a person could get a couple of large, very solid cabs like these built and populated with nice drivers, enjoy the heck out them for the rest of one's living days, and then be buried in one (at significant cost savings over buying an "additional" casket) and have the other available to eventually bury a loved one in the next plot (or maybe just bury some audio gear in it, if no loved one is willing) ?
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Putterman
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What I find interesting is that try to put a 'scientific basis' on it, but fall well short, e.g. Sensitivity 102 db approximately, excuse me is that in room or anechoic and why 'approximately'? or Bandwidth 15 Hz-50,000 Hz, got tolerances on that?
Why a giant monkey coffin which is likely to have all sorts of internal resonances which is why most modern speakers have curved uneven dimensions to distribute and reduce them? It also leaves out room resonances, so much for 'a new reference in ultra high fidelity: its sonic abilities are virtually limitless.'
The price doesn't bother me (obviously I'm not well heeled enough to be their type of customer), just that they try to dress it up with all sorts of scientific gobbledygook. This isn't to say that it doesn't sound good or even great, just that the hype is a little much.
Why a giant monkey coffin which is likely to have all sorts of internal resonances which is why most modern speakers have curved uneven dimensions to distribute and reduce them? It also leaves out room resonances, so much for 'a new reference in ultra high fidelity: its sonic abilities are virtually limitless.'
The price doesn't bother me (obviously I'm not well heeled enough to be their type of customer), just that they try to dress it up with all sorts of scientific gobbledygook. This isn't to say that it doesn't sound good or even great, just that the hype is a little much.
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