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What makes an expensive speaker expensive

When one plunks down $10,000 $50,000 and more for a speaker you’re paying for awesome sound, perhaps an elegant or outlandish style, some prestige ... but what makes the price what it is?

Are the materials in a $95,000 set of speakers really that expensive? Or are you paying a designer who has determined he can make more by selling a few at a really high price as compared to a lot at a low price?

And at what point do you stop using price as a gauge to the quality? Would you be surprised to see $30,000 speakers "outperform" $150,000 speakers?

Too much time on my hands today I guess.
jimspov

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...but what makes the price what it is? 

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ctsooner is spot on.


that’s the way it is.... :-)


Some folks don’t want to hear the truth.....

...... He laughed and said that the replacement costs of all the drivers in their 50k speaker wouldn’t cost the owner more than 1k to replace/repair. They have off the shelf tweeters that only use a slight mod and the other cones are poly and paper. Not the cheapest drivers, but not expensive and easy to get if you are a DIY’r. The cost is in the cabinets.
Modern High End is like a boutique store.... expensive bottle .... cheap fluid
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