Your most disappointing purchase or audition?

Wow! Joe (Trelja), I have no opinion about Acoustic Zen speakers, as I've never heard them. But I must say that I'm struck by how widely opinions can diverge among those whose perceptions I've come to respect and value. See the posts by Charles1dad, Schubert, and others in this thread.

If I may ask, what didn't you like about them, and what kinds of speakers do you particularly like? I'm sincerely curious.

Best regards,
-- Al

Charles, I'm very happy to see today's development, as referenced above. If I may say so without being presumptuous, IMO your posts are consistently among the most perceptive, knowledgeable, well balanced, and (unless circumstances warrant otherwise) gentlemanly posts to be found here.

Joe (Trelja), thanks for the response. I did some searching to see if I could identify anything that might account for the amazing diversity of opinion about the Acoustic Zen speakers, perhaps such as impedance characteristics that might make their performance unusually amplifier dependent. But to no avail whatsoever, although I couldn't find a measured impedance curve.

One of the things I looked at in the course of that research was the technical information page of the manufacturer's website. Unfortunately, what I found were the same three paragraphs repeated 15 times! Presumably the speakers were designed with greater attentiveness :-)

Best regards,
-- Al

08-11-14: Tubes108
A side comment, and of course to each their own, I feel any manufacturer that posts frequently is self serving on a subtle to an overt level and takes advantage of an under-the-gun manner to advertise product.

IMO it is incontrovertible that Ralph's many posts over the years have helped a great many people in a great many ways. If in fact his business has derived some benefit from those posts, I see nothing wrong with that. It seems to me to be an example of what is often referred to as a "win-win" situation.

Regards,
-- Al

Well, to go off on yet another tangent, that would be "Duesy," as in "Duesenberg."

:-)

Best regards,
-- Al