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In Reply to: RE: Magico M9s $750,000 speakers! posted by ecl876 on February 04, 2024 at 12:24:53
One has nearly 457,000 fine tuned parts, while the other has couple hundred.
One requires only energy to function, the other requires many other complex devices to work
One has fine styling, the other has fine styling too.
One has value times ten , the other has only Cachet for Oligarchs and
Poor Audio Journalists.
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Those Speakers were more than our house back then. Talk about WAF!
Jonesy
"I know just enough to get into trouble. But not enough to get out of it."
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Hi, maybe the castor wheels have titanium tungsten diamond mini ball bearings!..Mark Korda
I looked up the construction of the flagship Magico speakers. Some pretty interesting materials used. For sure exorbitant!
Some automobiles come with pretty high end audio systems. Maybe it's the other way around with the Magico speakers. If you buy a pair they throw in an SUV!
As crazy as the prices are, there are certainly things much more expensive than audio equipment being purchased as prestige statements.
Actually pretty cool that audio gear gets recognized in extravagant circles.
Jonesy
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If labor is 10% of retail cost that leaves $75,000 for labor. A labor cost of $100 an hour total can get excellent trades and manufacturing help. At $100 an hour labor cost that gives 750 man hours labor per set of speakers. That's almost 19 man weeks. I can get a lot of work done in 19 weeks. How about you?
This for machinery composing 12 moving parts of a very mature technology.
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But actually not much of mass as few made in auto terms
But your statement is the go-to when audio salesmen/marketers are cornered by the product's arrogant pricing model is being pointed out .
Another way to put this speakers lack of value. After giving the maker 2,000 lbs of silver (speakers weight), you'd still need to fork over shy of $100,000 more. Unjustifiably.
way less money. both products have built in price increases because the public desires them. They are not non-luxury essentials with multiple companies making them to serve the masses.
I count 12 moving parts on the Magicos. The brakes alone on the Vette are more sophisticated machinery than the speakers and are called upon to do far more work.
There really is no comparison between speakers like this (any consumer audio component actually) and the safety systems on even budget vehicles. Beginning with specifications, continuing with the "amount" and quality of engineering to the actual manufacturing processes.
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