China is used because of its cheaper labor costs and the availability of other resources including manufacturing expertise. Finding another option besides domestic manufacturing is likely more costly. Trying to determine cost increase and thus a markup to derive a sale price seems like a waste of time. Which other country? Mexico? India?
Peformance at price point for speakers manufactured in China?
Lately I've been doing some "window shopping" for speakers on various sites, and this question pertains to how much more speaker one can get for the money when they are manufactured in China.
Specifically, I did some browsing on Music Direct and came across the Wharfedale Elysian 1. I see a listing for a pair with stands that claims it has been marked down from 5800 to about 4k (this does not appear to be an open box) which is interesting, because a pair WITHOUT stands is listed at 5k; but regardless, if these speakers were not manufactured in China, how much more would they probably list for?
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It’s not just labor cost difference, there are also different costs in transportation, storage, maybe electricity, etc. I suppose one can use broad assumptions to come up with a cost number, then do some markup, but what’s the point? Besides satisfying curiosity, the higher determined sale price would have no benefit- nothing will change. @mahgister congrats on your new component. |