New MOFI speaker (Andrew Jones)

My wife wanted to take the speakers... and possibly Andrew home as he is a delight to speak with.

Yup! I am not your wife (😂🤦‍♂️), but Mr. Jones sounded like a very nice and funny dude. He was in the room demoing the new speakers himself both times I went in that room today.

My Perlisten S7t were made in China, and they are competitive or better than any USA made loudspeaker, in my opinion. And I have three pairs of those USA made ones. So please, ease up baby.

Yes. Outstanding speakers, Perlisten room was one of Capital Audio Fest highlights IMO. The Chinese background person in charge of Perlisten manufacturing, is also a partner, member of ownership group:

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If you’re going to do your own thing, you need to partner with a factory because you have limited resources.” He found his partner in the form of Peter Yang, an old friend who had opened a factory in Dongguan, a city in China’s Pearl River Delta. Crucially, and around the same time, Roemer created a company called D-Acoustic, which included several engineers who did electrical, software, transducer, FEA, and multiphysics work. These two factors allowed the idea of Perlisten to lay roots in April 2016, as Roemer and company were able to begin running their own projects in parallel with the consulting work they did through D-Acoustic that was paying everyone’s salaries. Roemer knew that in order to be taken seriously, he had to come to market fully baked, with proprietary differentiators, full infrastructure and support, and a complete product line that was available from the outset. It took several years of research and development before Perlisten’s creations were fully formed, but in 2020, early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Perlisten Audio went live with a five-SKU-deep S Series—in addition to a line of subwoofers—that, even two years later, looks deeply impressive. Recently, Perlisten formally announced their more affordable R Series.

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Source: https://www.soundstageultra.com/index.php/features-menu/in-good-company/1115-perlisten-audio-like-a-bolt-from-the-blue

lets drop the broad (and ugly) brushes

I agree with you 100%.

I thought the sound at CAF was a bit splashy here and there. Too many unknowns to attribute definitely to the speakers, and it probably wouldn’t bother many even if it is the speakers.

The room was pretty small and crammed. Would only fit 6-7 people seated at one-time. Not sure why that choice. 

But to the non-audiophiles even a $399 speaker is a hype. 

That's very true. True story, my own. Several years ago, I sold a lady neighbor my speakers I had at that time for a secondary system, Andrew Jones' ELAC Uni-Fi bookshelves (one tier up the Debut). For $300 cash. When the son learned, he got pissed off. $300 for speakers??!!! Even to this day, every time I see her son, I get a ".... I can't believe you made my mom pay $300 for speakers" look and scoff ... Go figure. I thought I was making her a favor. And I also installed them for her with my stands (for free to her), some speakers cables I had in my drawer. 

@nonoise : it sounds like you need to pull the trigger 

Nothing new here. They used to hook up ELAC speakers to amps 50 (fifty) times their price back then

@nonoise : sorry I missed that. 
 

How about you? You pulled the trigger yet?

Anyone here actually bought these?

@nonoise : I get it. Totally. I am like you

I don’t think anyone from Audiogon members have purchased these. I may be wrong. Plenty of reviews online though

Prof has not bought it. And I don’t think he will buy it

@nonoise : congratulations on your new speakers my friend!

I actually feel better doing so. 

Yes. Me too. Not worth it. Professional trolls are …. just that. Trolls full time. As they say, don’t wrestle pigs in the mud. You will never win, and the pig enjoys it. Or something like that.