No love for Legacy Audio


Hello all. I have been on a few discussions here and read many more. I have not seen many of the posters here talk much about Legacy Audio speakers. I am referring to the Signature SE model and the Focus SE model. I am curious why people don’t seem to like them as much as several other brands that get talked about much more here. What is it you like better about the ones you are consistently raving about. Thank you. 

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I will add that for the longest time the perception among the vast majority of high-end 'philes was that Legacy were bombastic mid-fi monsters not far off from the present day with Tekton. The prevailing philosophy was that high-end loudspeakers had two or three driver units and cross-over points and that the drivers had to be expensive from a well known producer-most in Scandinavia-with a tower or stand mount configuration. 

Admittedly, that snobbishness and broad predilection was misplaced and inaccurate. But it did persist throughout most of the 80's and 90's and well into the oughts. 

I've always found the "No love for....?" phrase amusing. To me it is a somewhat pathetic plea for help The folks that use this phrase don't feel confident in their own choice of gear and need corroboration and moral support from strangers. 

Someone mentioned Kenjit above. He used a different plea for attention-the purposefully provocative statement hoping to stir the pot and in the meantime draw attention to himself. 

And then there is the old standby of some ridiculous and meaningless intro such as "Holy smokes!" or "I have finally achieved audio perfection" or the like without any disclosure of the product or real topic so that the author has in fact created click-bait. 

All pathetic in different ways.