High value, giant killer speakers?

Maggies

Tekton.

Yes at Capital Audio Fest. 

@mapman , Map you heard the Carrera’s at CAF, correct? I bought those very ones you listened to.

kef r3 and the buchardt s400

Spatial Audio's speakers can compete with many at 2X the price, not so sure about 3X the price. 

There are plenty of vintage and near-vintage speakers that compete with current offerings of 3 and 4X the price, Spendor SP100s for example. 

Perhaps search for a high quality USED speaker for 1/2 price when new.

ozzy

The Fritz “secret sauce” is his “series” crossover designs that provide a benign load for amps to drive which gets more bang per buck out of the amp.

It works! I’ve heard not particularly efficient Fritz Carerra run off a flea power headphone tube amp rival most anything else heard at same show. Very impressive!

Check his his website for charts that demonstrate.

@kenjit ,I believe Fritz is trying to say that despite using the best parts, they don't achieve the greatest potential.-Only a talented designer can make full use of such parts and implement them far beyond what they offer at face value.
-Kind of a 'Pearls before swine', situation.
Bob

achieve less

how do they achieve less?

Fritz.

Very high quality parts, unique crossovers with minimalist parts. I've seen Wilson and Gamut put similar quality parts in, achieve less and charge more.

Uh, it’s not really the speakers, it’s the SYSTEM. Hel-loo! And the best SYSTEM I’ve heard (by about a light year) is just a couple Metro stops away. Hurray for me! 🤗

Sure. It's all a big conspiracy, right kenjit? 

the market has a way of working things out that way.  

The price is fixed from the start. The manufacturer works it out not the market 

Easy. SoundLabs 845 $40,000  vs  Magico Q7  $229,000.

unfortunately when it is all said and done we tend to get what we pay for more or less. 
not to say that a $7000 pair of Spendors sounds $6500 better than a $500 pair of Klipsch bookshelf speakers -  but we usually get better sound for the dollar as we spend more.  the market has a way of working things out that way.