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

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-fwjZ8rpczY

audioman58

@audioman58 

Please proof read what you post before you post it. Either you were having a small stroke writing that, or I had one reading it.....

Aside from the fallacy of presenting speaker engineering as the simple sum of its components, the video incorrectly names Sonus Faber and Magico of outsourcing their drivers. While this may have been so in the past, it has not been the case for awhile now. It basically extends its critique of Wilson Audio outsourced drivers to anything and everything costing what it deems overpriced, regardless of enclosure engineering. Any viewpoint inaccurate in detail will also be care less and inconsistent in the broad picture.

In friendship - kevin

I am poor (relatively). Everything is overpriced, so I make choices and live with them. Then enjoy the outcomes, whatever they be.

If there were "so much money" in making speakers, or being a HiFi retailer (dying breed)  why are there so few manufacturers and even fewer retailers? 

Interesting video and discussion.  I believe it’s important to research equipment you plan on buying including its components.  A transparent manufacturer will share the information.  There are also lots of videos showing the components in equipment.  An educated consumer usually gets what they pay for.