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Re: AVI Neutron Five 2.1 speaker review
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Quote steve_1979:
I do hope my review doesn't paint the PMC's in a bad light though because they really are rather good.
Absolutely -- not painted in a bad light, but I thought it worth pointing out the reasons why you arrived at your conclusions for anyone who might not be aware of all the circumstances.
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Yes direct selling keeps the price down but it does mean that it can be difficult to find anywhere to audition them before buying. I almost didn't buy them because I felt it was a big gamble buying speakers without hearing them first.
Absolutely. It's a tough decision for all manufacturers. AVI have an excellent reputation and seem essentially to survive entirely on word-of-mouth referals, and I guess that attracts enough business to make the whole think cost-effective for them. But they are a relatively small player in the grand scheme of hifi speaker makers.
Most other companies have stayed with the conventional route of providing a retailer with a profit margin to demo and sell their speakers... but that margin obviously pushes the price up. So as a consumer we have the choice of taking advantage of a retailer with demo stock, but paying for it, or taking a gamble on unherad product but at a lower price. Swings and roundabouts.
Glad you like the AVIs though, it is a very nice system.
hugh
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