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Poor Fritz

There’s no better value and no one as willing to make bespoke speakers out there than Fritz and these forums treat his speakers as if they cost $200K.
They don’t. They are remarkably affordable and yet potential customers put him through the absolute ringer, asking for custom features, going through 2 or 3 models of home auditions and maybe not even buying any of them.

Look, you buy what you want to buy, but I think not enough credit is given to the man or his speakers in terms of the overall value proposition and I think this is a disservice overall.  If you write a 5 page review, please keep this very much in mind that you are not reviewing Wilson or Focal's flagships.  Maybe he doesn't deserve quite the same scrutiny.

erik_squires
isochronism
2,893 posts
 
eric, why not just suggest to kenjit to be one of the first in line for the vaccine. Your problem solved! 💉
erik_squires OP
15,874 posts
 
I don’t think that being an irrational and noisy contributor to a forum should make anyone the subject of life altering experiments especially when they cannot give informed consent. Our history as a country and world has had enough of that.

Best,
E
vinylfan62
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I used to run a two-man custom speaker shop. It’s a hard business. I seemed to have found more than a few customers who thought they knew everything, but they had no clue on what it takes to make a decent speaker. Often the customization of the speakers people wanted would destroy their performance. My favorite was being told - I love these full-range floor standers. Put the same 4 drivers in a cabinet 1/4 that size so I can have them as bookshelf speakers on my desk. And he was seriously upset when I said I couldn’t make that work. That must have been Kenjit! And of course people expect you to build them their dream speakers and lose money on them. Maybe that was Kenji too? Now I just build or modify speakers for myself and a few friends. After reading these posts about Fritz I will send customers his way. I’ll try to make sure they are not the crazy ones! 
jaudio1
120 posts
 
There are a few youtube sound demo's of Fritz's speakers and they all sound really good.  Amazing actually for a speaker that size.  I have been thinking about a new set of speakers in that price range but I can get a brand new pair of Vandersteen 2CE III for less than the small stand mount Fritz.  Still, as I get older the thought of a small stand mount speaker with a full range sound does sound awfully appealing.  May need to arrange a demo of these Fritz speakers.
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b_limo
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Omg guys, so my system has been blowing my mind.  I got a Belles Aria and have been in heaven.  Schiit Gungir Multibit, treated room, ap solo crystal oval 8’s and my setup is ridiculous.  So my buddy comes over today and we ran Sonarworks and corrected the Freq response and bam!!  Next level stuff here.  I can not believe where my system is now and I really can’t believe what is sounds like running sonarworks even more.  
My in room response was decent.  A little lumpy but with 6 db the whole range.  Corrected, it was flat and I couldn’t believe it.  I’m getting Sonarworks and I’m done.  I thought I needed more subs but I don’t at all.  Truly amazing afternoon!

And these Carreras are friggin’ awesome.  Best ever.
Somone mentione ghat they were expensive comparatively...

Can someone show me a ScanSpeak 7” revelator paired with the more expensive neodymium SB BE tweeter for less than $3250 shipped to your door brand new in your choice of veneer?

Boutiques speakers like Fritz and Salk offer exceptional value.  Far more than the big box brands at the same price.

I’m more about Fritz, Salk, Spendor, Harbeth, Joseph Audio, etc.  Tekton is aweome as well but big and the aestheics aren’t for everyone.  Tekton is doing some cool stuff with his designs though. Both Salk And Tekton use the SB BE tweeters too.
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