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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…

daveyf

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deep_333
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The fact that you can hand over a sticky wad of cash (cash) equalling 600k for a speaker (box+4 drivers), 100k for wire....and most of the guys who do this hail from Asia, etc should give you the gon crew a clue....i.e. tis certainly one way to launder some dirty money.

Soundstage explodes to the sky as ya keep paying....(you get what you paid for)..yeah right...and my hiny explodes all the way to Mars.

deep_333
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As long as there are enough wealthy people with space to fill and who like expensive toys that will buy them, they serve a unique purpose and are not any more overpriced than a Ferrari, Lamborghini or designer watch. Or designer handbags and clothes for the ladies.

I am associated with a circle of guys who could afford any cost no object hifi crap, buy it and throw it down the drain, if they felt like it.. But, they are quite simply not as dumb as you think they are. For instance, they have a pretty good clue about what goes into the engineering/build of a F spider or a GTR for example. If some of y’all dealers with the lousy narrative ("if you’re rich, why not?") took a box with 4 drivers and said it is worth more than their car, they will throw you outta their houses.

Elon Musk will run you out of his house in a hurry if you said the polished box+drivers you sell is worth more than his car.

Some of y’all dealers (promo dudes) on this forum think you’re real flipping brilliant, smarter than all of us, huh?

No, you didn’t get anyone with half a noodle in his head. You got some dirty money though, if you indeed managed to sell a box+4 drivers that cost more than some guy’s Lambo...and I know something about the kinda guy who bought it.

Get a clue and try not to insult anyone’s intelligence.

 

 

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