Dirty little secret of Pedigreed, decades old Speaker line - no one will address


For decades ever since it was first launched, all high end competitors have made major revisions to their midrange drivers. Yet YG Acoustics has done so - zero times. It still has the dubious, aluminum cone tech they first introduced.on day one. Their rationale for their supposedly superior construction has been completely rejected by all other companies who have neverconsidered considering imitating it.  They almost seem to be aspiring to copy Paradigm's entry level models (a co. that has ditched them for Beryillium on anything more premium). All while improving the frequency extremes only.  It certainly looks like they're endlessly, dead set on proclaiming it's somehow a feature & not a bug & eternally racing down this dead end. Their U.S. distributor has hired their sales director away to sell a competing brand they ALSO distribute, Vivid - that does have a far more sophisticated midrange driver & does it eve outsell YG.  In one of the distributor's online videos sent out free in their newsletter, the former YG sales guru, proclaims he has never felt nearly so engaged with the music - a clear knock to his old co. YG.  The owner, of said distributor standing right beside him, agreeing & not saying a word to disagree.  YG's response is to update the frequency extremes only, yet again & move down market to create a less expensive line. Even B&W replaced & updated their midrange driver tech, with their continuum. One of the strangest, most determined, longest running, self sabotaging mrkting decisions I've seen in high end audio. There must be the most peculiar, Why animating this but I can't imagine what it would be that remotely serves them.  Can you?

john1

A company has a right to do as they please and a person has the right to have an opinion. Right? 
 

Why do some of you care that this message was posted? Am I missing something?

Already asked and still waiting for an answer, but why do you care?

There are lots of companies out there that don't make their products in the manner I would choose to do so.  I've got a very simple response to that -- I don't buy their products.

A company riding old technology into the ground to save a few pennies?
 

Not exactly headline news….

There is more to this story then most know.  As a manufacturer, the inside info will be kept to that only.

Happy Listening.

Sounds lime the OP has an axe to grind with YG. Not the appropriate place to do so. 

@john1 

Your last sentence made no sense. 

Beyond that, what is your stake in all of this? Why do you care? If they are outdated as you say, the market will decide, and YG will suffer the consequences. 

+1 @tony1954 +1 @larryi 

It’s simply an internal business decision on which we on the outside have no control or influence, and has nothing to do with our main interest of optimizing personal sonics within our budgets.  Businesses are run by imperfect people so of course there would be many conclusions and decisions we personally wouldn’t agree with.  This speculation serves no purpose and seems a waste of time.

Maybe the opposite would be like the old Raidho who kept introducing new models irritating some as they felt past models were somewhat obsolete.  

So, YG has not changed its midrange cone material in many moons. How is this evidence that their product is inferior.  To me, it looks like they think they got things right in that department a long time ago.  

I like the sound of certain compression drivers and horns for midrange.  I've heard various implementations including aluminum, titanium and beryllium diaphragms and it is simply not the case that one or the other material sounds better.  The same goes with the material and construction o the magnet structure.  The one I ended up with has a phenolic diaphragm and was made sometime in the late 1930's to early 1940's.  

Sorry, but I don't know and don't care.

People do what they want. Which is their right, as long it doesn't harm others.