Plenty of love for them, but I think you nailed it with expensive. I’d argue not too expensive for the level of sound quality and engineering, but just expensive period.
That said, as much as I may love’em, I wouldn’t touch Raidho now. The guys who founded the brand built something really special that reached the top echelons of high-end speakers today -- the kind of success and recognition most speaker companies would kill for. Then they just flat-out left to scratch another itch. Really??? That just pisses me right off. Plus, would you buy Magico speakers going forward if Alon Wolf left, or Rockport if Andy Payor jumped ship? With speaker manufacturers at this level, I’d think it spells eventual doom for that company when the founders and visionaries leave. As an owner of speakers from a lesser high-end company that went bust I can tell you it sucks, but it’d REALLY suck if I spent $20k+ for those speakers. Future resale value of these expensive speakers will certainly take a hit if the company goes into decline as a result of this. Sorry if I seem like a naive and stupid idealist here, but I just find this behavior irresponsible and offensive from a customer perspective at this level of product, and I obviously don’t even own Raidhos -- thank God.
That said, as much as I may love’em, I wouldn’t touch Raidho now. The guys who founded the brand built something really special that reached the top echelons of high-end speakers today -- the kind of success and recognition most speaker companies would kill for. Then they just flat-out left to scratch another itch. Really??? That just pisses me right off. Plus, would you buy Magico speakers going forward if Alon Wolf left, or Rockport if Andy Payor jumped ship? With speaker manufacturers at this level, I’d think it spells eventual doom for that company when the founders and visionaries leave. As an owner of speakers from a lesser high-end company that went bust I can tell you it sucks, but it’d REALLY suck if I spent $20k+ for those speakers. Future resale value of these expensive speakers will certainly take a hit if the company goes into decline as a result of this. Sorry if I seem like a naive and stupid idealist here, but I just find this behavior irresponsible and offensive from a customer perspective at this level of product, and I obviously don’t even own Raidhos -- thank God.