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In Reply to: John Atkinson/ High Prices posted by mark.korda@myfairpoint.net on February 12, 2017 at 07:56:06:
Dynaudio Esotar or Scanspeak Revelator tweeters alone have a retail price that exceeds $1,000 per pair. The 5 and 6" drivers are pretty spendy as well. Crossovers may cost quite a bit of money in SOTA speakers with each capacitor costing over $100, spendy inductors and esoteric wire.As far as cabinets go, the quality is on the inside moreso than the outside, so I am not sure how a comparison can be made between a Parts Express crafted cabinet and one from the shop of Aerial Acoustics. My car has four wheels and an engine and the same length and width as a Ferrari, but a Ferrari it is not.
I would challenge you to make a two-way compact speaker using SOTA parts for less than $3800. No doubt, you could make quite a nice speaker for $800, but I don't think that it would be challenging the big boys, IMHO.
Edits: 02/12/17
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Follow Ups
- You may be idly speculating on the low side..... - viridian 14:04:04 02/12/17 (2)
- Not that it matters, but, AFAIK Aerial has sourced many of its cabinets from contractors... - John Marks 05:53:52 02/13/17 (1)
- Thank you for the correction John. Nt - viridian 07:50:35 02/13/17 (0)
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