Why the huge increase in the price of Sonus Farber Amanti G5 speakers.

@arafiq - No, Blockbuster would not still be kicking anything but the bucket, as this new thing called streaming came along and totally obsoleted the entire CD/VHS rental business model. 

I have heard two versions of the Blockbuster saga. One was that Netflix's founder was on the board begging to change their business model and he was laughed out of the room. The other is that Blockbuster was already planning for become Netflix but they had too much debt due to aggressive expansion that they couldn't finance it.

I can understand magnets getting more expensive in the states (Tariffs), but Italy has no beef with China.

When the size of your market shrinks you have to reduce the volume of your output which consequently increases the production cost per unit. Supply and demand.

I can understand magnets getting more expensive in the states (Tariffs), but Italy has no beef with China.

 

The price increases are due to a single word: Tariffs!
 

I currently work in the A/V business & just recently, Speakers & receivers from all brands have gone up $100 to $2000 dollars: To name a few, Denon, Audio Technica, & Bowers and Wilkins. So I don’t see why Sonus Farber would be any different.

Somehow, televisions have avoided these huge increases. I fear that these huge increases will nail the coffin shut on audio because someone who might have afforded the investment a few years ago is now priced out of the market.