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In Reply to: These prices are C-R-A-Z-Y posted by mbnx01 on August 1, 2009 at 18:20:42:
...when it comes to the pricing of Harbeth and Spendor. That has always struck me as odd when these two manufacturers are so solidly in the middle range of high-end audio pricing. If you want silly or obscene pricing, there are a zillion other examples that make Harbeth and Spendor look like they're sold in the discount isle at Walmart.
One by-product of truly mass marketed consumer goods (computers, TVs, etc.) is that we have gotten used to prices falling or at least being stable while quality and features improve. That's a function of being able to make a couple ten-million of something.
Unfortunately, Harbeth and Spendor are probably never going to produce on that scale so their expenses are always going to be higher. I have no idea if the retail pricing changes for these two manufacturers over the years is directly and proportionately related to their production costs.
What I do know is they make speakers in their respective price ranges that I like better than anything I've heard from anyone else.
As a consumer that is pretty much the only thing about which I can be certain. If I have $4K to spend on a new speaker today, what are my other options?
The fact that they were cheaper some years ago is irrelevant to my current situation. I might as well bemoan the fact that gas was under 20 cents a gallon when I started driving at age 16 and it isn't anymore.
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Follow Ups
- You seem to have a selective fixation - mls-stl 09:01:23 08/02/09 (10)
- RE: You seem to have a selective fixation - mbnx01 10:27:26 08/02/09 (3)
- RE: You seem to have a selective fixation - mls-stl 11:24:57 08/02/09 (0)
- Are you seriously comparing gasoline with artisan luxury items? - Sordidman 11:16:49 08/02/09 (0)
- The manufacturer claims the speaker was substantially re-engineered from -2 to -3 - John Marks 10:51:15 08/02/09 (0)
- nice speaker, but nowhere near a bargain. - jdouglas51 09:26:32 08/02/09 (4)
- RE: nice speaker, but nowhere near a bargain. - Nglazer 10:34:37 08/03/09 (0)
- Are Spendors even imported anymore? - mbnx01 10:29:56 08/02/09 (1)
- RE: Are Spendors even imported anymore? - mls-stl 11:32:41 08/02/09 (0)
- Curious - mls-stl 09:39:02 08/02/09 (0)
- RE: You seem to have a selective fixation - Sordidman 09:26:15 08/02/09 (0)
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