Why has focal raised their prices so much on Sopra line


I was looking at the Sopra 2 ,thinking about buying it ,it is a very good speaker it has not changed 
in 5 years thst I can see ,but the price has increased $4,000. Thst sounds like gouging to me ,
from $15 k to $19 k  if thatis thecase  the Wilson Sophia2 is a better speaker for the same price 
as well as night and day better resale value .
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roxy54, I assumed we were still speaking mostly of Focal. Obviously, very little of my reply relates to a 12 year time span with any maker, sorry.

roxy544,278 posts07-14-2021 3:24pm........ Materials don't go up THAT much.

Wow. Have you bought a single thing of any kind this year, lol. The entire world seems to have had supply chain issues, which have resulted in the price of most manufactured goods to skyrocket. Might be worse here in the U.S., not sure. A year ago, a sheet of 1/2" plywood was about $25. A few weeks ago, it seemed to have finally peaked, at about $110. Lumber has done the same. Home appliances are very difficult to get, plumbing fixtures have doubled. Etc, etc.