There are many possible reasons for the price increase, which have been touched on. Obviously, it would not have happened without Bose approval. The high-end market is thin, it’s not like they’re selling 10,000 of these at a time. I would certainly think that the tariffs and the great uncertainty created by the ever-changing policy toward them likely created increases in cost. I think we better get used to that.
Whether it’s a good business, move, remains to be seen. I think this is a risk even though these are fine speakers. Pushing them into competition above their class might not work out, but I suppose they’ve had some smart people do the figuring.
This is very subjective and I understand that SF is not for everybody, none of these products suit every taste. These are well-made, reliable speakers, however, and built to a great finish. If you like the voicing, it’s a great product. if you don’t, it’s not for you regardless of the price.
and of course, there’s always the argument that there are speakers that sound better for half the price. That goes on forever right down to cheap Audio man who would say that there are $1500 speakers that would outperform the speakers that are half the price of Sonos Faber.
this is probably just the beginning and it will probably not be just SF