Gentlemen,
Please! Hard cold facts there are only (5) quality speaker component manufactures in this world today. I.e. the fiscal itself
Now who or what High end speaker brands buy from them. Take any
mega brand line like my Wilsons. I've looked inside them. I have several audio buddies with one having Sonus Fabers, other with Vandersteens.
who took there speakers out of the cabinet also. We examined them
carefully. Hmmm! Alum basket >>Hmmm Steel basket. Hmm paper cone
or Aluminum, or composite. Hmm all had magnets, compliances support rings. The only component parts of a speaker that would UP its cost to a very, very high degree .CONE materials YES! certainly not the baskets or magnets and not wood cabinet materials,. I.e. MDF, PLYWOOD,
CONPOSITS. I left Magico out (METAL). The price for wood cabinet materials is dependent quantities they buy maybe several hundred 4'X8' sheets. other maybe a thousand sheets.
Engineering! Testing! all influences the cost for sure. BUT add-on 50Kea
Take a tower cabinet. Sorry! NO new engineering required,
Cross-overs 1st order, 2nd,3rd been around for decades. You pay the big
buck 100K systems.+. Because U can EASILY afford the TAB of entry.
The difference in my Mid priced 48K Wilsons do not sound only a third as good as there XLF $200k. Having audition both side by side. Same amp-pre-amp same record, same cartridge. Made 4 showroom visits before I opened my wallet.
*** I HEARD 5K difference maybe..***
In closing. Should I win the Mega Power Ball lottery. Them would have
the money to do it RIGHT.
Hire a live Jazz band or a small String group to perform LIVE in my listing room every weekend for @ $ 1,500 for a 2 set gig including a female vocalist every Saturday night. For 200 weekends+.
**** TOP THAT *** Mr. Fermer. Ha!!
OK,OK. A Lambo sounds better than a Honda Civic at full song to..
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