Brent Butterworth reviewed Cinepro's speaker line in a sales showroom combining home theater and Lamborghinis a while back over at Home Entertainment Magazine. I've heard Cinepro's amps at various shows, and they always claim to have the room with the most power - truly crazy claims, especially at some of the smaller audio shows where 10,000 watts of power is pressurizing a tiny hotel room.
I have long respected Brent's reviews and personal integrity, and he's listened to nearly every high end system on the market and somehow remains grounded in the real world. He stays true to form here, testing Cinepro's speakers with the loudest demo material in his repetoire (as befits a system mated with Cinepro amplifiers) but notes that no sane person will ever reach the speakers' limits in real world home theaters.
Of course, that's probably the point. There is a class of buyer at the high end of the market who isn't looking for something that's "good enough" or a great value. No, they're looking for something that will always have performance to spare, even if they're using it in a modest size room well below reference level on family movie night, and, in fact, never push it to its limits. Come to think of it, that describes the ultra high end of the automotive market as well - nobody is going to drive a Lamborghini 200 miles an hour outside a test track, but the excess sure feels good when driving 2 miles an hour and handing the keys to the valet. (At least I imagine it does.)
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