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In Reply to: What's your point? Albert is greedy and German's like Wilson products. posted by howard on March 24, 2007 at 02:51:02:
I think the point at which Albert made the decision to have
all the cabinetry done offshore is the point at which I was no longer
interested in the products. The price hikes made after the company
rebuild may have been necessary, but with a speaker costing more than
$50K it's just ridiculous that the cabinets can't be domestic. The argument
could also be made he needed to cut cabinet costs as well to re-establish
the companies monetary validity, but it should be known
in a more obvious fashion that the bulk of the speaker building costs
are from foreign manufacture. The company shure seems monetarily valid now.
R&D is a seperate issue.The VR-4jr's, etc. are fine sounding speakers, but the prices are simply ridiculous
when you consider that some of the finest cabinetry
available in speakers such as Avalons, or Wilsons for that matter,
can and are made locally. Obviously, it can be done, and at competitive prices. Regardless of implementation and hard costs
such as drivers and XO components, the retail prices are indeed getting ridiculous and do seem greedy.
One of the reasons I buy gear is to support companies employing workers
here. If that is not the case, I vote with my dollars.RFG
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