The Price of Lumber has gone up about 50% since COVID. The Cost to FRAME a house has gone up 25K-30K per house. So WHY are you surprised that a company that uses REAL wood...not compressed MDF crapola....is raising their prices to compensate for the additional cost to make their speaker?? Perhaps you should follow the commodity market so you understand about costs/inflation etc. Lumber is down this week BUT if the trend goes back the other way you should expect EVERY Speaker Manufacturer to jack up their prices if they havent already.