Thoughts: Mofi Sourcepoint 888 vs Fyne Audio 501sp?

Thanks. Yeah, the lineage of the Fyne speakers is high end Tannoy but usually large 15” drivers. The 501sp is 6”! I had a pair of vintage Tannoy Arden’s that I regret selling. The Mofi’s seem all the rage but it’s like an advertising and reviewer blitz- with very little criticism. No doubt listening to them side by side would be best….

Someone also made a good point, with both these speakers, especially the Mofi, it might be wise to wait for the mkII or mkIII as they iron out the dual concentric design from a smaller speaker… just a thought.

And another thing- agree with the internet wasteland- almost every one of these folks review everything glowingly, to sell more product and get more clicks! How can every speaker be so 🤩 ugh

I think I’ll need more options, lol. For me this would be an endgame speaker. I have a chance to get a lightly used pair (501sp) for almost half price but too many not great reviews. Yes, I should listen to them in person (and will when I can) but you’d think a 5k speaker basically knocks it out of the park! And this if for both the Mofi 888 and Fyne 501sp: polarizing speakers it would seem.

It’s a weird room with a part slanted ceiling, lots of stuff in it, but fairly big like 16’x 24’ .

I currently have:

Musical Fidelity M6si/Willsenton R8

Eversolo A8

Polk R700/Revel M22 bookshelf

Thanks. I went an audio place today and heard a pair of the Fyne 501sp and the Magnepan LRS+. The Fyne’s are pretty small! They sounded very good, esp on simpler music. Good speed and soundstage, very nice and rich sound. It didn’t seem as good on busy, full rock and distortion.

But the room used to demo was so small that we couldn’t really turn them up! And the salesperson played songs I didn’t know, although I requested a few. I passed on them and they sounded very good but small”ish” -needed a better room to breathe. The treble would need more listening.

I’d never heard Magnepans and it was definitely different. Nice sound but once again, too small a room to turn up and really get the soundstage. One sounded louder than the other too??! Probably my ears but there’s these little circles inside that weren’t the same on each speaker- no idea what they are…. Kinda of unfortunate overall. The giant room has mad some high end Sonus Faber, they sounded good, lol.