@ghdprentice +1 nailed it. It’s human nature to look at the bill of materials for a thing and assign some “value” of final cost excessively weighted only on the BOM. Thinking about the investment of design engineering and investment into the process of final product…? Not so much.
Things you did not know about what is inside your speakers and the Huge markups
Just check out this short video it unleashes a lot of cats out of the bag with drivers being marked up to 12+ times please all the totally unrealistic add ons it was normally a 5x markup on speakers including packaging now sometimes 50x msrkup they say R&D and engineering , having owned a audio store for a decade and a consumer and Xover and upgrades I did part time 8 hav3 seen it all in speakers and electronics check this out. https://m.youtube.com/watchfwjZ8rpczY
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@ghdprentice +1 |
@ghdprentice + 1 - that's also like a painter selling his paintings based on the cost of his or her brushes, canvas, and paints. A Picasso should be very affordable! |
Good one. I paint... although in my case the paint and brushes are worth far more than my painting.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jdflood/55355771040/in/album-72177720334374806
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Imperfect speaker finishes, small areas of cabinet damage, drivers that don’t pass QC specs, warranty driver or crossover replacement / upgrades, dealer incentives, inventorying large quantities of parts.... Not to mention R&D time and expense manufacturing, employee wages and other expenses.. These are just a few reason why speaker RETAIL mark up is so great. Unless buyers are going to big box stores to pick up their speakers, they a very likely getting discounts. Those discounts need to be factored into a lower dealer price. I’ve heard from more than one manufacturer that if you want to make a small fortune in High End Audio, start with a large fortune. Business is business. I don’t know of any speaker manufacturer that made a lot of money from high end speakers. |
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