Why so little discussion about Snell ?


I just picked up some Snell K.5mkII for my HT setup. I made the decision based on it's ability to do music. In short I really like them and find them simular to my ProAcs in many respects. They should work great for HT (room still under construction). The magazines give them high marks but few dealers seem to do well with them and they are rarely discussed in the forums. Do they just have bad marketing?
btrvalik

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I used to sell Snell's in the 1980's when I worked for HIFI Buys in Louisville. Wonderful speakers, sweet and warm sounding with not a lot of effort required to make them sound good. Use decent interconnects and spikes or "tiptoes" and they just sound awesome, across their entire line.

I currently own a pr. of E Series IV's (driven by an NAD receiver and CD player using Monster's best in a biwire configuration). In a word: wonderful.

Two reasons for the lack of "buzz" about Snell....Kevin Voecks, who picked up the torch after Peter Snell died, moved on after his tenure at Snell (he now runs Revel--not heard them but I bet they sound great), which resulted in the lack of vision driving Snell. And the acquisition by Boston Acoustics, which began to relegate Snell to the back of the room becuase the volumes were low compared to BA's numbers.

If Boston wants to sell that division, I can probably come up with some investors.