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Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods?

Having just read the interesting and hyperbole laden review by RH of the new Rockport Orion speakers in the latest issue of The Absolute Sound, one thing struck me..

is it possible in the high end for a manufacturer to overprice their product ( doesn’t have to be a speaker, but this example comes to mind)? I ask this, as the Orion is priced at $133k! Yes,a price that would probably make 99% of hobbyists squirm. Yet, the speaker now joins a number of competitors that are in the $100k realm. 
To that, this particular speaker stands just 50.3” tall and is just 14.3” wide…with one 13” woofer, one 7” midrange and a 1.25” beryllium dome ( which these days is nothing special at all…and could potentially lead to the nasties of beryllium bite).

The question is…given this speakers design and parts, which may or may not be SOTA, is it possible that this is just another overpriced product that will not sell, or is it like others, correctly priced for its target market? Thoughts…

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asvjerry
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It sometimes pays to have a dealer that has a wide range of tastes and experience in music.

Perhaps every good dealer or reviewer should have that?

 

Great idea, @cd318 .... on a practical level?

Rare.  Anyone who could remember the 'sound, the qualities' of even most of the various speakers and/or the equipment would be considered to be a savant of sorts....

May not be a good salesman for what you came looking for....just saying... ;)

"Freds' great.....but diapers?  On a 35 yr. old....well, whatever....Fred claims to be....today....🙄🤨 "

( Likely to be there all night with Fred as the contrasts/+/-/=/>/</etc. unreels...*L*)

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asvjerry
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@cd318 ...*S*  I can agree with that sentiment; any and all salespersons should have a breath of experience with some 'classics' as well as the new & any offerings at hand....but that's a tall order, since (I'd suspect) most that can fill that muse are pending on my age and/or have gone onto the Great Auditoriums In The Sky... ;)

I liked the L1hun....out of my $zone at the time, and the grille would be a tease even my cat, well behaved as Grace was, would have sorely been tempted by...

As to what I had at the time?  I suspect my 901s', in a small studio apartment that I opted to show restraint with regards to my neighbors...and the aged window panes...*g*

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