Focal, B&W , PolkAudio, Thiel ....... Pioneer ?!

carpenter
carpenter Posts: 362
edited October 2007 in 2 Channel Audio
I had no idea Pioneer are aiming so high.
Perhaps its the newb in me, and this is all old news for most of you, but these look all business.
I thought Pioneer were all about mass market AVRs and DVD players.

Wow. |Impressed Smiley goes here|
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  • Yashu
    Yashu Posts: 772
    edited October 2007
    TAD are quite high end. Pioneer has a speaker under the Pioneer label that is built with the TAD trickledown tech, and they are wonderful from what I understand.

    Pioneer came up with the TAD label to get away from some of the stigma, but yes, they are up there with the big boys.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited October 2007
    Yashu wrote: »
    Pioneer came up with the TAD label to get away from some of the stigma, but yes, they are up there with the big boys.

    In Japan, Pioneer also has the "Exclusive" brand for its ultra high-end electronics. These are not the Pioneer Elite stuff.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited October 2007
    330lbs! Odd shape to it. I wonder why they're so short too?
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited October 2007
    Last year Stereophile review a pair of $9000.00 Pioneers and they seemed to do well. It did seem odd to me as I have not seen a Pioneer of that calibre in a long time. Usually they stick to high priced Plasmas and mass market AVR's. I think thier name is a detriment due to this.. Speakers priced that high puts them in the B&W, Sonus Fabre ranges, tough competition.
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  • McLoki
    McLoki Posts: 5,231
    edited October 2007
    I bet if you look at any Pioneer board though - at least 1/4 of the people that purchase a 330# TAD speaker end up trying to run it with one of these and saying "I just spent x dollars on these speakers - what do you mean I need an amp, isn't there one in my reciever???" :rolleyes:
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    Pre\Pro...........NAD T163 (Modded with LM4562 opamps)
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