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In Reply to: RE: Why doesn't anyone make an original Quad clone? posted by mbnx01 on February 06, 2016 at 11:36:51
Market demand and cost.
They made ~56,000 of these things so there are lots out there.
If one was to make them again retail would probably need to be around $10K. Now of course I think they would still be a steal at $10K but would the market look at it that way?
Quad Germany produces an all new version of the speaker. Not really like the original but kind of close. How many of them have they sold?
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Must be about eight years ago they asked if I wanted to be their importer.
I spent about three weeks working on marketing plans and asked if you would be willing to do any warranty work.
Then they told me they wouldn't do it unless I became a refurbisher, which was crazy. No way I could compete with you or Wayne, I don't know the first thing about refurbing Quads.
I've come to believe they weren't capable of any real production - maybe one pair a month, maybe. Which really doesn't make it worthwhile.
"To Learn Who Rules Over You, Simply Find Out Who You Are Not Allowed to Criticize."
-Voltaire
Yes I remember our conversation.
That is the problem if one is to make all new versions of the speakers how many are going to sell? I remember asking how many of the new versions had the Germans sold and I could never get an answer which leads me to believe not many.
If they were shipping boat loads out the door I would imagine they would have been happy to give us those numbers.
I have had several Quad dealers in the last few years ask me to start refurbing them and making them available for retail dealers. I am all in for that but I am still going to need $5.5K for a pair which means street price is going to be north of $9K. Dealers typically want 40-45 points in speakers.
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