Anyone heard the new Mofi V10 Master Edition at Axpona?

I saw the video.  Oh my!  How much?

@mapman , I got sick and left early, couldn’t go back the next day to bother him with questions.

This is the closest to a tad reference (which I had for almost 15 years) he’s gotten to yet, i think, in many regards. But, I believe it has some variant of the Elac Adante style bass radiators, don't know the exact details or intent.

The TAD probably has a bit more soundstage sprawl, but, this one hits like a mack truck, more muscular, if needed.

i don’t know the intended pricing, but, has to still be a fraction of the tad’s price.

Expecting a lot of great sound for the dollar there.  We shall see.   

Very cool.  If they can keep this under $10k that’d be a lotta quality speaker for the $$$.  If the 888s are 96lbs I gotta believe these will be close to 120lbs each. 

Have you heard the 888’s ? 

Have you heard the 888’s ? 

I'll guess close to $12,000.  Which may still be quite reasonable for this level of performance.

I recently bought SourcePoint 888s and am very pleased with them.

AXPONA show report stated they’re 160 lbs. each.

Stereophile's Julie Mullins Interview - Mofi V10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2HUj6uGNK4

After the intro of the 888's, it was just a matter of time for a rollout of these.

Looks like the speaker to put on the list if looking for a substantial floor stander.

The big question is... could GR Research find something "wrong" with these?

The crossover appears to be given some considerable work. That's were GR likes to pick apart manufacturer's designs.

Never cared for any of the music AJ picks in those demos.

They were a powerful sounding speaker. I loved the demo. I thought he said they were 150 lbs. I think they are trying to keep the price under 10k also. We shall see.

The worship for MoFi speakers is ridiculous. Just another speaker that is competitive at it's price point. What happened to X3 worship? A poor YouTube review?

Well, when the guy released a speaker some years ago, it was winning EISA awards over other speakers that were priced at magnitudes more.

Hence, when he releases speakers, guys like me might pay a lil attention. Sorry to hear if you feel like some brand you’re a "fan" of perhaps or represent didn’t get "worshipped" (as you say) too much.

It’s not the end of the world, don’t worry so much.

As far as the Borresen goes, the correct speaker in that lineup was the X6, it needed twice those small drivers and cabinet volume, Borresen didn't defy any physics...still needs bass management and subs, for sure, .but, folks were buying the x3 because it was more affordable.

The worship for MoFi speakers is ridiculous. Just another speaker that is competitive at it’s price point. What happened to X3 worship? A poor YouTube review?

Hmm I think you get a lot of very good speaker for the price in general with Mofi. 
 

Size matters with speakers.   The more of a good thing the better in general.

Also a sourcepoint matters when it comes to coherency of sound. 
 

Mofi gives you both that many others do not.  That’s a fairly unique combo in my mind. 

It is not about just checking off some speaker design line items. This may be the first instance of an engineer of his caliber getting connected in the chain to the mastering apparatus (artist intent, etc), for example, have a better assessment on how the voicing should be done and so on. I believe he has gotten into it in some interviews.

Previously, it would be that some guys at Yamaha would say....hey, here’s how our instruments sound and this is how our current flagship speaker sounds...decide for yourself.

PS audio might be another new example with octave studios, etc.

Nevertheless, such scenarios have been quite rare in hifi and the more it happens, the better for the hifi consumer, I would say.

i am sure some competitor associated personnel would attempt some mud slinging...let their own insecurities shine through from time to time, such is life

Hmm I think you get a lot of very good speaker for the price in general with Mofi. 
 

Size matters with speakers.   The more of a good thing the better in general.

 

Also a sourcepoint matters when it comes to coherency of sound. 
 

Mofi gives you both that many others do not.  That’s a fairly unique combo in my mind. 

I’d bet that there are many near full-range speakers that sell at multiples of the V10 that don’t have near the innovative design, custom drivers, or overall expertise that went into this speaker.  Whether you like them or not is a personal matter, but for what’s on offer here in totality seems formidable, and I’d have a hard time finding something else that offers all this at this price level.  The Usher ML-802 comes to mind, but even that’s around $15k. 

@dayglow lol your pain is showing in this comment. I've heard most Borresen speakers and granted some of the it is down to the horrendous music used at shows, I heard the X3 last year at AXPONA and if that was the speaker being touted here, I'm glad it that honeymoon was cut short. It's a mediocre speaker and an insult for how much they're selling it so yeah actual speakers that sound good and don't cost that much will obviously be praised. That's not shocking

@kofibaffour   Thx for taking time to reply. I have never recommended or praised the Borresen X line of loudspeakers, review several of my previous posts regarding the X3. My point was hype convinced many here on Agon what a giant killer the X3 was even with some not even hearing the X3. Then a measurement reviewer points out how flawed the speaker is and even the most pompous fanboys are silent. I have not heard the new coffin sized MoFi offering but the others 888/10 and 8 have not impressed me to any level of praise.

@dayglow  what speakers do you have? What's your setup like? Are you too shy to tell anyone about it? 

Don't worry and tell us about this high pedestal of yours, i'll be nice. I won't laugh all the way to China town, I promise.

@kofibaffour Thx for taking time to reply. I have never recommended or praised the Borresen X line of loudspeakers, review several of my previous posts regarding the X3. My point was hype convinced many here on Agon what a giant killer the X3 was even with some not even hearing the X3. Then a measurement reviewer points out how flawed the speaker is and even the most pompous fanboys are silent. I have not heard the new coffin sized MoFi offering but the others 888/10 and 8 have not impressed me to any level of praise

So people who had praised the speaker before have been silent since some measurement reviewer pointed out how flawed the speaker is? Really? A 'measurement reviewer' can get people to not listen to what their ears and brains are telling them and to listen to the reviewer's conclusions instead? That's a seriously influential reviewer! 

Don’t feed this troll. He’s bringing up another speaker from an entirely different manufacturer on this thread for what reason again? no clue....am starting to wonder what the hell  it is that he personally "worships"....what miracle box it is or crap box it is might be an easy assessment if he told us what he has....

There’s a whole lot of praise for the mofi 888 from a measurement guy here (not that i care).

mofi 888 - erins audio corner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bv5Mt5X__k&t=12s

and this new speaker isn’t even sold yet, how the heck would it ever get measured yet....

So people who had praised the speaker before have been silent since some measurement reviewer pointed out how flawed the speaker is? Really? A ’measurement reviewer’ can get people to not listen to what their ears and brains are telling them and to listen to the reviewer’s conclusions instead? That’s a seriously influential reviewer!

@larsman thankfully my conclusions about Borresen were long before I even heard of who Erin was. So anytime someone uses the listen for yourself argument I just say, well I listened and didn't like them

Have had the 10s for 2 years now, sold my Dynaudio Heritage Specials to finance them, using a Diablo 300 amp and Lumin X1 as source, very rich dynamic precise sound, emotional connection with the music in spades. Just my 2 cents in my system so doesn’t mean a whole hellulva lot with respect to the V10s but if they come in under 10K, if I had the room I’d be tempted.

Heard them briefly and the Pass Labs amplifiers made them sound instantly better than the rest of the MoFi series.  Running those class D amps with lthe sourcepoints the past two years at AXPONA was not doing the speakers justice.  They had a dry, brash overtone. 

With the Pass Labs they came alive and had a true audiophile sound.   

Get a nice robust Class A or AB amp and any of them will sound awesome and are recommended in their range.  

@avanti1960 I have the 888 with Class D amps and you're telling a whole bunch of crockpot.

The Sourcepiint 888 has never sounded brash in any scenario regardless of the amp used. Hell, it is amp agnostic and it's not hear say, actual experience with them in my space as my multimedia mains

@kofibaffour 

glad you are enjoying your mofi speakers.  

first off no speaker is amplifier agnostic. 

secondly the mofi speakers sounded good if not very good with the class D HiFi Rose amplifiers used at AXPONA in 2023 and 2024.   however as noted in my show reports they sounded a touch dry and brash.  once you heard that sound signature in the upper midrange it was impossible to un hear.  

me thinks the room organizers heard it too which is why the V10 masters were driven by Pass Labs mono block amplifiers.  

@avanti1960 ...I believe i mentioned to you on some older thread that what you heard was the hifirose class d's goofiness, maybe, you didn’t believe me back then. I have tried different class D over the years and heard the same issue with Tads, sent em all back. A buddy of mine is running the 888s with some older Levinsons I sold him (different ball game).

Eitherway, glad they came to their senses this time around and swapped over to the Pass Labs.

@deep_333 

Yes, I do remember, thanks for posting.