Tariffs and sky high audio prices.


With the Chinese tariffs taking hold on 100% of the imports and maybe even on Mexico forthcoming, the audio industry is going to see another big jump in their sky high prices. Anyone making purchases ASAP to get lower prices from existing inventory before post tariff products enter the marketplace?
tubelvr1

Showing 11 responses by glupson

"...there was a 75th Anniversary of allied forces landing in Normandy two days ago. That was a bloody and decisive campaign."
There was a 75th anniversary of Monte Cassino just two or three weeks earlier. For some reason, that one is rarely mentioned.

Tariffs and globalization aside, it included many countries. From Poland, across India, to New Zealand and a few more to the South and West and in between. If it were not for Roger Waters, even Anzio would have a hard time finding its way to an average audiophile home, it seems.
"....now, wouldn't it be nice if the populace (the world) would support and fund such important purchases...call it the environmental version of a stock buyback, to purchase large blocks of land to take it off the market forever."
Ted Turner does something like that.
Ok, geoffkait

"Isn’t this the ceramics class?"
The best post on Audiogon since I joined. The funniest one, for sure. Ten points, gold star, free ice cream.
"...automakers like BMW, Volvo, Buick and other makes being made in China, for the Chinese market, with the eventuality that they will export to other parts of the globe."


I avoided mentioning it but now when you touched it, Volvo XC 60 used to be produced in China and imported to the USA. It has changed recently. I believe that Volvo S90 is still made only in China. It is sold most everywhere.
"China is not like Germany. They don’t have a workforce so uber educated and skilled they can not only design but also build a Porsche."

What Germany does not have is uber-educated skilled workforce. At least not in needed numbers.

What China does have is the most Porsches sold in the world.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/19/germany-passes-immigration-law-to-lure-non-eu-skilled-...

https://newsroom.porsche.com/fallback/en/company/porsche-vehicle-deliveries-third-quarter-2018-clear...
"They talk about better ways of robbing people and covering it up."
Hmmmm, some around here would conclude that must be about cables and capacitors.
Saddam Husein has entered the AudiogoN thread? What do they talk about on financial forums? Cables and capacitors?
If my math is right, $100 000 amplifier could now cost around $125 000.

Are you really going to let it stop you?