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• Just where exactly does this non-statutory body pluck world-wide figures from? … - three_sox 16:49:24 07/03/11 (3)
  In Reply to: RE: I admit it's a very fuzzy picture but the first two figures quoted are straight from a CES market report. posted by cfb on July 03, 2011 at 08:00:48

  How do you reconcile retail sales to wholesale turnover?
  
  How, and at what rate, is currency conversion calculated?
  
  I think you will find the CES figure is nothing more than a guess.
  
  
  IMHO I think there is more great sounding audio gear available to consumers than ever before.
  
  YMMV.
  
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  • Don't know how they obtain their data but it doesn't stop them from charging $4,500 a copy for the report. - cfb 20:50:56 07/03/11 (2)
    In Reply to: RE: Just where exactly does this non-statutory body pluck world-wide figures from? … posted by three_sox on July 03, 2011 at 16:49:24

    Market Reports;
    GlobalIndustryAnalysts,Inc
    
    also see;
    ResearchandMarkets
    
    Research and Markets states the US market for audio and video is 7 Billion and the top 50 companies have 90% of the total revenue.
    
    ResearchMarketsReport
    

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    • The world-wide figures are nothing but a guess … - three_sox 05:16:47 07/04/11 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: Don't know how they obtain their data but it doesn't stop them from charging $4,500 a copy for the report. posted by cfb on July 03, 2011 at 20:50:56

      ...Do you really believe there are accurate figures coming out of China & South-East Asia?
      
      Nothing you linked encouraged me to believe anything in the US is anything but a guess also.
      
      You initially stated the numbers didn’t appear to add up. Maybe because they don’t! :o)
      
      I wouldn’t place much faith in statistics irrespective of how much they sell for.
      
      Remember the GFC?
      
      In the heavily regulated sector of banking & insurance the ratings agencies were charging thousands of dollars for analysis of companies, to the point of giving them ‘AAA’ ratings on the same day they collapsed, and getting it wrong by a magnitude of 1000%.
      
      Accountants & auditors have enough trouble reconciling a single large company let alone a world-wide market segment.
      
      
      
      
      
      
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    • RE: Don't know how they obtain their data but it doesn't stop them from charging $4,500 a copy for the report. - pictureguy 00:46:34 07/04/11 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: Don't know how they obtain their data but it doesn't stop them from charging $4,500 a copy for the report. posted by cfb on July 03, 2011 at 20:50:56

      For global numbers? Who knows? Different countries will collect data in various ways. I'd suspect that since most of this stuff is from 1st world countries, the numbers are there somewhere and available if you know who to ask and where to look.
      
      In the US? Everybusiness falls into certain categories and numbers are taken from tax data and compiled.
      It takes a real 'pro' to wade thru the data to find just what you want, but it CAN be done.
      
      
      I'd start with the link I provided and start wading thru that morass..
      
      
      Too much is never enough
      

      • http://www.usa.gov/Business/Business_Data.shtml   (Open in New Window)

      
      

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