BMC Arcadia 40k bipolar speaker

[TitaniumTroy]

This speaker was supposed a real hit at the 2012 CES Show, it reminds me of a Golden Ear/Def-Tech speaker on steroids. Ceramic composite enclosure, external crossover, Air Motion tweeters, all at only $40,000 a pop.

http://www.avguide.com/article/bmc-unve ... r-ces-2012

 

[malsackj]

More snake oil?

"The Arcadia is also a balanced speaker. Both front and rear baffles feature two 6.1-inch Kevlar-honeycomb-sandwich midrange drivers and an Air-Motion ribbon tweeter with a massive motor in conjunction with a light diaphragm for superb acceleration and high sound pressure capability."

Is the use of Balanced to get people to pay extra for a balanced pre/ or amp to get better sound.

The external crossover only has one advantage and that is, I want to use an active crossover with separate amps.