I sold my Maggie 2.5R's for $1100, had them insured for $3500. The ribbon was damaged during shipping box was all bad. UPS paid out, paid the buyer $200 for replacement Ribbons from Magnepan. Used that money to buy a pair of Maggie IIIa's $2000, they were not working as described, on the seller's dime, they were shipped to Magnepan for a complete rebuild. Netted $1300 , plus a completely new rebuilt set of IIIa's....
Audio deals you bought that seem impossible for the price?
When I look at the Elac Adante center channel I bought open box (I later added the stand) for $1400 total, a couple of years back, I think how is this even possible at anywhere near the price? The 65 pound speaker (designed by the amazing Andrew Jones) has an aluminum front baffle with waveguide, custom designed (as opposed to off the shelf) concentric drivers, a very sophisticated internal woofer band pass structure and a trapezoidal cabinet.
https://www.crutchfield.com/S-NJlSV8T4YYE/p_970AC61GB/ELAC-Adante-AC-61-Gloss-Black.html#&gid=1&pid=2
What are your audio purchases that seem impossible, or where the manufacturer clearly lost money?
https://www.crutchfield.com/S-NJlSV8T4YYE/p_970AC61GB/ELAC-Adante-AC-61-Gloss-Black.html#&gid=1&pid=2
What are your audio purchases that seem impossible, or where the manufacturer clearly lost money?