
(It’s selling well in the rest of the world, by the way.) Heck, as an importer I tried to bring a new bookshelf speaker from Australia into the US, the $12,000/pair Brigadier Audio BA-2, and I’m still the only person in the US with a pair.

That’s not the normal reaction for audiophiles or consumers in general, I know, and I’ve talked to countless people in the industry who confirm that expensive stand-mounted boxes are a particularly tough sell to customers who still believe that bigger is better when it comes to transducers. Whenever I see a pair of two-way monitors with a high price tag such as the Stenheim Alumine 2 loudspeakers from Switzerland, I’m immediately intrigued and I immediately want to sit down and listen to them.
