No, not putting others down. Sorry if it came across that way.
Just saying, well, what I wrote -- haha.
When I wrote, "there's a bit of putting some pieces together", I wasn't talking about the speakers! lol. I was meaning that we, the consumers, need to look at what information is available to us and draw some conclusions. Sorry for the confusion of that wording
So, for example, touting a 1st order slope crossover that uses only 4 parts. That doesn't seem like the best design choice to me. That seems like a cost-control measure. But, hey, if it works out great, wonderful! To me, it's just a clue that there was a little bit of a corner cut there.
But, once again, my only real point is that selling price is not the best way to predict performance. That's all I was driving at. Similar price points don't necessarily mean similar costs of manufacturing. The selling price is arbitrary.