These were designed for SACD and they are indeed exceptional speakers. Phillips/Sony had a demo booth of SACD multi-channel with these speakers at the 2000 and 2001 AES conventions.
I am not sure why they dropped the production of these great speakers... I only know that in 2002 and 2003 AES conventions Phillips/Sony switched to using ATC speakers for SACD multi-channel demos.
Probably a big company like Sony could not justify selling only a handful of speakers a year (this is a very very small market at such high prices and high quality).
I am not sure why they dropped the production of these great speakers... I only know that in 2002 and 2003 AES conventions Phillips/Sony switched to using ATC speakers for SACD multi-channel demos.
Probably a big company like Sony could not justify selling only a handful of speakers a year (this is a very very small market at such high prices and high quality).