@unsound
labor costs in the UK are actually cheap. Especially for skilled labor that speakers require, they are way below US costs.
I do feel B&W speakers are expensive. There are several reasons, and I emphasize "feel"
Their model line up and pricing strategy is very confusing. A lot of similar sized, *very* similar looking models for widely different prices. The average user will end up with the perception that the cheaper models will not be the best of the class quality (and not that cheap) and the best of the class is prohibitively expensive. It’s the dealers who have to figure out how they present the B&W line up to not make it confusing.
And then, any time I heard them, I was mildly impressed
But overall, I must eat my words, they sell more speakers than probably all other brand discussed on these pages, combined
