Owners of speakers by obscure companies chime in

Very well said Shadorne.
Actually, I kind of like small companies that just have 1 or 2 models. I like to think that they concentrate their best efforts. AudioMachina and Ridgestreet come to mind.

I mean, JMLabs and B&W confuse me, each having multiple parallel lines that overlap. (Utopia line vs. Electra? Huh?)
Even car companies aren't this confused.

Yeah, all these bells and whistles annoy me too. I'm not wearing the things.
Just give me a black box that sounds good. I don't want to pay for that aesthetic stuff.

By the way, any one care to comment on the Ridgestreet Sason vs. SPtech Timepiece 3.0/mini?
In my research on the forums, these 2 companies seem to get unanimous, voluminous high praise with just a few offerings.

consider mark and daniel and sanders sound systems.

i will be procuring a pair of the sanders model 10 b within 2 months. it is being custom designed to lower the crossover point of the woofer to 150 hz.

I have the Timpiece Minis, and there is nothing that I have heard that can compare>> from SPTECH. The price is reasonable for world clas performance. I asked Stereophile why they won't review companies such as these and they told me not enough dealers??

Also, SPTECH offers a 30 day trial I believe.

Note, what speaker for $2500 can actually produce the vibration feel of individual instruments which makes the sound as close to real as possible?

Rgs92, I communicated with one of The Absolute Sound's reviewers, and the sticking point really was not advertising. The sticking point was my lack of a dealer network. TAS is at the top of the food chain (along with Stereophile), and as such their job is to review products that their readers have a reasonable chance of finding for an audition. There are several other magazines, some online only, who play the extremely valuable (and often more exciting) role of unearthing the underground gems.

MrTennis, congrats on your Sanders Sound solution!

Duke