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RE: Dennis Murphy??

You mean the viola player turned speaker designer? LOL!!
You need to get out more and listen to speakers that have a full bottom octave and more than 85 db of sensitivity. I have had discussions with Dennis (some of the most laughable and ridiculous stuff I've ever heard) and I stand by my previous statement. As I said, you don't need to have a solid background in acoustics or engineering to "design" a crossover and hire a cabinet maker to build speakers. To build a loudspeaker with exceptional performance and value as most of the experienced manufacturers I listed have done for years - you need solid experience in the field of acoustics and engineering. Dennis has been putting together crossovers for quite a while and I would hope by now he's at least got that part somewhat nailed down. But that doesn't mean he's capable of building or designing products as good as people like John Krutke, Kevin Voeck, or Paul Barton. I've heard the Salk speakers you've mentioned. I've also heard just about every product put out by Revel, PSB, Vienna, KEF, Canton, and NHT. Without getting into too much of a political debate, I will say that there's a reason a company like PSB sells hundreds of high end speakers to every one Salk sells. You're free to think that all the PSB or NHT owners who have spent hundreds or thousands on their equipment are crazy and I can think what I want to think. In the end, they all build nice looking cabinets with transducers of similar quality. Some have a world wide dealer network and millions in sales annually. The other - well, you know... But it's "high end" audio. Reason or logic need not always apply.

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