Recently I read a post on a popular forum that only rejects from vifa and scanspeak are availiable for the DIY enthusiast in the market. How far is this true ?
I am posting a part of the post I read:
"As speakers drivers are entirely built by hand, each driver varies from 1% to a 100% from the Thiele Small parameters. Because of the economies of scale the best drivers go only to companies who can buy large volumes and the rejects go to the DIY market. So it beats me how a DIY enthusiast can match up to the large scale manufacturers as to performance...it is difficult if not impossible to achieve the performance of branded products. If you are thinking that a local Vifa distributor will give you matched pairs...I wish you the very best. Even if he wanted to help you he couldn't because he himself would be getting the leftovers of the world market. Even in the left overs there are A B & C varieties something which I don't wish to get in right now....perhaps later on..... I have heard things first hand from Dyanudio, Focal & Peerless about their policies as to gradation.

The full post is here
http://www.hifi-forum.net/index.php?...sort=lpost&z=2

Any thoughts