# Media shortchanges again **URL:** \ **Category:** Loudspeakers\ **Created:** [April 9, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/media-shortchanges-again/37205 "2024-04-09T14:02:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![akro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/akro/32/177145_2.png) [@akro](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/akro)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/media-shortchanges-again/37205/1 "2024-04-09T14:02:48Z")
only 3 US passive loudspeaker makers could be found, and then calls them the best what about Wilson? > **[The Best Passive Loudspeaker Manufacturers Based in America | Gear Patrol](https://www.gearpatrol.com/tech/american-made-passive-loudspeakers/)** > > Passive loudspeakers may not represent the future of home hi-fi but they still sound damn good, thanks to these three manufacturers. ---
**Author:** ![Baldy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/baldy/32/223847_2.png) [@Baldy](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Baldy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/media-shortchanges-again/37205/2 "2024-04-09T14:12:10Z")
I don’t think the writer looked vary hard. I’ll bet there are at least a dozen and probably more if you count all of the small local builders that don’t advertise ---
**Author:** ![NipperDog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/nipperdog/32/179189_2.png) [@NipperDog](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/NipperDog)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/media-shortchanges-again/37205/3 "2024-04-09T14:35:24Z")
> [@akro](#): > > what about Wilson? No Magico either. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![brian.fitterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@brian.fitterman](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/brian.fitterman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/media-shortchanges-again/37205/4 "2024-04-09T16:13:19Z")
This guy lost me at the first sentence: “In the Bluetooth age, passive loudspeakers no longer represent the future of home audio.” ---
**Author:** ![Baldy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/baldy/32/223847_2.png) [@Baldy](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Baldy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/media-shortchanges-again/37205/5 "2024-04-09T18:01:09Z")
PS Audio, Tekton, Owen Mills, Martin Logan, Acoustic Zen, Classic Audio, Devore, Eggleston, Macintosh, Genesis, Klipsch, Legacy, Ohm, Rockport, Soundlab, Vandersteen, YG. And probably a dozen more. ---
**Author:** ![akro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/akro/32/177145_2.png) [@akro](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/akro)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/media-shortchanges-again/37205/6 "2024-04-09T19:33:11Z")
In effect, article saying these speakers are not among the best made in USA, neither are Wilson and Magico ---
**Author:** ![scotte1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/scotte1/32/147_2.png) [@scotte1](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/scotte1)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/media-shortchanges-again/37205/7 "2024-04-09T20:25:30Z")
I read the article as a shallow sampling of a few domestic brands, nothing more. Maybe I missed it but I don’t recall reading a claim that the covered brands were the only manufacturers of “passive” loudspeakers in the US. 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Elk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/elk/32/1240_2.png) [@Elk](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Elk)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/media-shortchanges-again/37205/8 "2024-04-09T20:32:10Z")
You did not miss anything. It is not there ---
**Author:** ![akro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/akro/32/177145_2.png) [@akro](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/akro)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/media-shortchanges-again/37205/9 "2024-04-09T20:44:06Z")
True, the article only referred to the best ---
**Author:** ![scotte1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/scotte1/32/147_2.png) [@scotte1](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/scotte1)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/media-shortchanges-again/37205/10 "2024-04-09T21:09:13Z")
When I click on the link and go to the article, the actual Headline is: # 3 American Hi-Fi Companies Keeping the Tradition of Passive Loudspeakers Alive I did not note anything in the article about the covered speakers declaring any of them as being the best. FYI. ---
**Author:** ![akro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/akro/32/177145_2.png) [@akro](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/akro)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/media-shortchanges-again/37205/11 "2024-04-09T21:16:44Z")
True again, it is the marketing of the article as indicated in its link Perhaps click bait ---
**Author:** ![akro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/akro/32/177145_2.png) [@akro](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/akro)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/media-shortchanges-again/37205/12 "2024-04-09T21:30:24Z")
last line of the article is ‘priceless’… _Give them enough space and drive them with quality amplification and you may not understand how a pair of floor-standing loudspeakers can disappear in a room like a pair of the world’s best bookshelf loudspeakers._ ---
**Author:** ![akro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/akro/32/177145_2.png) [@akro](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/akro)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/media-shortchanges-again/37205/13 "2024-04-09T21:56:33Z")
from Google News web page today…got me to click, and noticed the same headline is used in the page browser tab ![best](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/b/5/b5d81d6047250e390aca7f98e3ad2cb49021b9a2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![scotte1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/scotte1/32/147_2.png) [@scotte1](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/scotte1)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/media-shortchanges-again/37205/14 "2024-04-09T22:40:58Z")
Wow. That IS priceless, now that you call it out. ---
**Author:** ![scotte1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/scotte1/32/147_2.png) [@scotte1](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/scotte1)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/media-shortchanges-again/37205/15 "2024-04-09T22:42:12Z")
I saw that also (in the browser tab). Can’t say I remember ever noticing that kind of disconnect before. ---
**Author:** ![akro](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/akro/32/177145_2.png) [@akro](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/akro)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 8:41am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/media-shortchanges-again/37205/16 "2024-04-10T08:41:57Z")
Please forgive me, this thread should be under Sick Humor this article is simply an example of a litany of ultra superficial articles at the Gear Patrol web site, a condescending view of its audience…click bait for advertisers makes one wonder, however, how much seemingly more serious sources are themselves useless/unreliable Update: and then there is the litigious guiding hand ‘synergising’ with financial thumbs on the scale… > [@Tekton sues Erin's Audio Corner](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/tekton-sues-erins-audio-corner/37217): > > This is a strange one. Erin measured one of Tekton’s speakers and gave what I thought was a nice review. The speaker had a little dip in the response one place or another and Erin made note of it. Tekton either has filed or threatened to file for damages. What? This wont be good for either party or reviewers in general.