$150 PER PAIR PRICE DROP: Energy RC30 2-way black Reference Connoisseur series floorstanding speaker for $225 each ($550 per pair) with free S&H at AudioAdvisor (via Amazon)

AudioAdvisor.com (via Amazon) has the Energy RC30 2-way black Reference Connoisseur series floorstanding speaker for $225 each ($550 per pair) with free shipping and handling. That’s $550 under retail per pair, and the beats my last mention of this product (a month ago) by $150 per pair. You can check out the detailed specifications on Energy’s website. This model is from Energy’s higher end “Reference” line. The only review I could find online is in Dutch (there’s a link on Energy’s site) so I can’t give you any specifics on these, but Energy is generally regarded as producing high quality products. They are a Canadian speaker company (now owned by Klipsch) which worked with the Canadian National Research Council (NRC) in some pioneering studies which sought to determine what measurable factors people equate with a good-sounding loudspeaker. That research is incorporated into their design philosophy.