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DNM. About as far from typical "high end" as it's possible to getbut the sound is totally first rate.
Krell, MartinLogan, Class
Probably some of my best times with this hobby were building the Heathkit, Dynakit, and Knight-Kit (Allied Radio) products in the sixties. It was great fun to unpack a box full of weird-looking parts and transform it into a working audio product. It's too bad most of you will not be able to experience this kind of fun and satisfaction. Times change.
True High End Salon's in all states and cities across the USA! Was a time you could go see all the pretties in most major cities in any state but now it's just not feasible. If you can't make it to a CES then you may never see anydream gear up close!
I just have to go with that ultimate of snake oil, the "Harmonix dots". Not because they work nor could they work in THIS WORLD'S rules of physics, but because every time I contemplate them they make me laugh my ass off WAY HARD. Good ol' P.T. Barnum had it right, a fool is born every minute and a fool and his money are soon separated. Gotta laugh!
Not sure if Anthony Gallo's brand is obscure anymore, but those speakers rock! They are by far the best sounding (extremely) small speakers I have heard. They are coherent, musical, sonically invisible, and offer an excellent soundstage. But they're not so obscure anymore.