A 6 month backorder is asinine. A good customer service gesture would be to send an e-mail update to anyone experiencing a backorder or supply issue. Maybe throw in semi-gloss or high gloss as a goodwill gesture.

Or just be upfront with the supply constraints on the website such as "Due to overwhelming demand, we are now shipping for Jaunary 2023 delivery...but you can lock in your price and place in line today!"

Spiroh, the M5 punches above it's price class. Even assuming it scores an Olive score of 6.0 (it appears closer to 6.5-6.8, and probably an 8.0 to 8.5 with perfect subwoofer), it's competing with bookshelf speakers $500 to $5000 a pair more. Just filter Pierre's site by bookshelf monitor and (Olive) score. Anything in the 8's is SOTA, and the M5 with appropriate sub will get you there.

(State of the art doesn't mean angels give you lap dances while singing kumbaya, it just means it doesn't call attention to itself as a loudspeaker. i.e. it's neutral)

https://www.axiomaudio.com/pub/media/catalog/product/m/5/m5hp-listening-window-and-sound-power.png

https://pierreaubert.github.io/spinorama/

https://pierreaubert.github.io/spinorama/scores.html?quality=High

Last edited by Hambrabi; 11/16/22 03:40 AM. Reason: Added ranking scores
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