Quote Originally Posted by Florian
RGA said exactly what i ment.
I consider these brands as overrated to my ears.

1. BOSE
2. Martin Logan
3. B&W
4. Dynaudio
5. Kef
6. AN-K (older model, and may have had the wrong setup)

-----...well pretty much every box exept

1. VMPS (incredibly fast, dynamic, neutral, transparency) thats why i bought it
2. Avalon
3. Kharma
4. Thiehl
5. Genesis
6. Infinity IRS or the old Prelude MTS

The below stated loudspeakers i like, because they are neutral, have a huge soundstage and sound not like a box.

-Flo

Of course I don;t feel you can really put the AN K on the list -- Unless you can point to the piles of ga-ga reviews for it. To be overrated people have to Rate-It if you will. AN generally is not a mainstream product and does not actively seek out reviews. The AN K has been selling since 1990 in relative obscurity -- but selling nevertheless.

Bose -- well I don't think they can be on the list for the simple reason that no one overrates them (other than people on forums perhaps).

I might be inclined to agree with ML and Totem not that they;re bad but overpriced IMO for the sonic results you get -- but in both cases sonics isn;t the only or perhaps even the main reason you buy those speakers -- they have striking visual appeal and to many that counts a lot. In fact I'd have to take Castle back because they are not really mainstream in the press either nor did the Eden get universal praise.

And i don;t think you can go after entire companies anyway -- I can find certain B&W and Paradigm products overrated and then in the same breath find some that could be underrated -- the Monitor 3 doesn;t seem to get the notoriaty it perhaps deserves -- at least to me it's a better value than some more touted models.