Poor Fritz


There’s no better value and no one as willing to make bespoke speakers out there than Fritz and these forums treat his speakers as if they cost $200K.
They don’t. They are remarkably affordable and yet potential customers put him through the absolute ringer, asking for custom features, going through 2 or 3 models of home auditions and maybe not even buying any of them.

Look, you buy what you want to buy, but I think not enough credit is given to the man or his speakers in terms of the overall value proposition and I think this is a disservice overall.  If you write a 5 page review, please keep this very much in mind that you are not reviewing Wilson or Focal's flagships.  Maybe he doesn't deserve quite the same scrutiny.

erik_squires

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Fritz use top grade drivers ,my only complaint in the past say 4 years ago
was the Xover parts were not what  I considered = to the drivers ,and I am not speaking Duelund ,instead of a magnet over wire sledge hammer inductor use Jantzen open core they are not that much more ,mills resistors he uses are good ,and use 
at least say a clarity CSA,Cmr, or actually value for money the Polish Millflex 
copper oil paper mylar caps not that  expensive and on par with Jupiter Copperfoil , and use wbt gold copper connectors retail less then $75 a speaker 
wholesale $50 add $ 500  to the speaker it is a substantial audio upgrade .I modded them and they sounded great , I traded them in  when I bought a larger Sonus faber speaker , Fritz should offer a SE model ,with all premium parts as I mentioned below, the best resistors period are Path audio , less then $30 each 
vs $4 for caddock or Mills ,it’s funny most $50k+ speakers don’t even use them .
just an observation myself and other audiophiles would pay a little extra to get a SE  speaker maxed out .

Very good point Guppy , that was exactly what I was trying to convey 
the Xover being the heart or brain of all Loudspeakers That use a Xover to
dictate in part it’s resolution and refinement and the Higher Quality selection of 
Xover parts is instrumental in the final outcome and a builder get parts at least 30% off retail since it is no extra cost in labor at time of build just same charge the retail price 
of the cost into the SE cost ,at minimum of 10-15% increase in resolution and fidelity. That is my point and All I have nothing to add to the conversation .