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high end speakers are overpriced

An mdf box with drivers with an acceptable finish can cost as little as a few hundred bucks. elac debut 2 and B&w 607 and dali spektor 2 Q Acoustics 3030i are all a few hundred bucks.

If you replaced the drivers with scanspeak illuminators and added an extra piece or two of mdf for more bracing it would cost only several hundred bucks at most. So the total cost would still only be $1k for state of the art speakers. 

However you find these same drivers in bookshelf speakers costing between 5k to 10k, perhaps even more. 

As you can see, it is perfectly possible to produce state of art speakers for well under $1k. It is greed that excludes many audiophiles from enjoying the beautiful sound quality of these higher quality speakers.

In conclusion, do not buy high end audio again. Just save youre money and make your own, just like Mr Erik squire and others have done. 
kenjit
elrod
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Kenjit, what can a builder use to determine what "Fair" is? Can he pay his employees an above minimum wage, provide some medical insurance, and maybe a small retirement fund?

Nothing anywhere states that life is or has to be fair. The sooner people embrace that, the sooner they'll stop blaming everyone for their perceived injustices dealt to them in life.
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roxy54
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kenjit,
There is no "crime" involved if it is a transaction between consenting parties. 
kenjit OP
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Kenjit, what can a builder use to determine what "Fair" is? Can he pay his employees an above minimum wage, provide some medical insurance, and maybe a small retirement fund?
There are plenty of manufacturers that pay their employees, pay rent, bills, etc and still make speakers that cost a few hundred dollars. Ive just given you several examples. If you used higher quality parts the price would go up but not by the amount being charged by most of these high end companies. Stop denying their greediness.
kenjit OP
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There is no "crime" involved if it is a transaction between consenting parties.
yes but why consent to being swindled? you are complicit if you turn a blind eye and encourage this activity. It will not stop unless we all boycott them
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nonoise
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I though only Old Faithful just spewed crap out of the ground in Yellowstone on a regular basis.
Oh well.
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