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How many truly high-end speakers sold yearly?

HI All,
Just curious here and wonder if anyone out there knows, or knows a good source to confirm some information? I was wondering about this hobby of ours, and how many speakers (new or used) actually are purchased every year by all of us, at these TRULY hi-end levels? ($100k Plus, $100k, $75k, $50k, $25k, $15k, $10k, $5k).

I remember seeing recently just ONE speaker manufacturer mention that they would be producing 100 pairs of a speaker that sells new for $75,000!!! Do the math....thats $7.5 MILLION (at the retail level) in sales from just ONE speaker, from just ONE manufacturer that makes SEVERAL models!!!

You see where I'm going with this thought? How much DO we actually spend yearly (JUST for speakers) on this hobby/habit? (Tell the wives it keeps us OFF THE STREET!!! ....outa the bars, and out of trouble!!!) :-)

So, if anyone knows, or knows where to get/confirm these statistics,(OK...tell us too about amps, pre-amps, CD players, etc. if you know) let us all know?

I've SEEN some information on electronics in general, but that also includes everything from tiny cheap speakers that go in cheap radios to boom boxes, etc. I'm just curious about the true HI-end picture. Anybody know the yearly volumes produced at the price points mentioned above ($100k to $5k, or however its broken down by price categories?
What DO you know?

Thanks and Happy Listening!
soundsgr8tome

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marakanetz
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Is there a possibility to acquire a mortgage for the "true high-end speaker"?
I'm curious but not serious:)

When you're buying a junk house and rebuilding it yourself you can realy take an advantage in this case building a listening room. All it has to take is a successfull uppraisal of house and costs to re-build.

Take the desired mortgage, save on some building expences right... left... badaboom and YES there you have a Pipedreams or some 50K speaker system in your listening room (without an actual knowledge of your wife maybe) but then you've gotta get some rig too... :^)

P.S. I realy don't know how many "true high-end" speakers sold every year, but I will try to answer this question after I visit the show in NY.
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