Come on, don't take it out of context
I'm certainly not being patronising, I apologise if that's how it came across
The point is that there are speakers over 4 times the price.
While I did say I have invested a lot into my audio, it's not only monetary investment. It's time, research, experimenting which has been invested into it. This investment is something that I can share with fellow shark owners for everyone's benefit. When I came to decision that I needed door builds, it was because there was no chance of getting the sound I wanted from the factory location and speaker size options, so I had builds made. I researched everywhere to find examples of speaker builds and I found only a few posts on line non of which showed anything decent. So it was a step into the unknown.
I've pretty much shared every step of my cars build over the last 8 years on this forum and many others which for a lot of non e24 people was an eye opener as to the real costs and what's to be expected of shark ownership. I've never talked about money or how much I spend, and I've never said to anyone "you need to spend more money" My wealth (or lack of, and I can assure you I'm not a rich person with bundles of spare cash) is not if importance. What is important (to me and to my fellow shark owners) is doing a job right and if I'm spending money, it's in the right place at the right price. This is what I will always say and suggest to anyone in any given field.
This was important to me when doing the audio, most of it was purchased second hand. Only these speakers were new and the amp powering them (only because the other amp failed)
The advise given to my by the guys at Studio InCar was "you will be very happy with this speaker, it plays as good as a £600 audison". This also makes them in my eyes a bargain. A friend who spend a lot more than I have in his audio was in tears when he heard my set up. So, it's just putting things into perspective
I am a humble person, and somewhat upset that you think I was being patronising, hence the long post. Not sure if this clears the air or makes it worse, but I'm always happy to share my experiences and offer advice based on my own findings.
PS, Remind me to not ever start a watch appreciation thread