Why has focal raised their prices so much on Sopra line

builder3,
I'm well aware of the current supply chain issues, but that has nothing to do with what has happened to Harbeth prices over the last 12 years. I can't speak for Focal.

They are all gouging when you get to that level of price you can find a much better product for a lot less money on the used or vintage speaker market, no question.

Our area has a real shortage in base paint material. With any luck this will remain so until my wife loses interest in repainting the living room. 

Good reason to buy them used. Great speaker otherwise.

@roxy 54

Not so sir … materials and related costs CAN cost that much more !

My HARBETH dealer lamented the the perfect storm of BREXIT and COVID introduced a recent 2021 large price hike.

why ?   Some examples, inter Alia: 

(1) Post-BREXIT: the shipping costs have skyrocketed exponentially due to post-BREXIT divorce being an available container space total  FUHBAR to actually get product container shipped. There is a huge backlog of all stripes to clear post COVID AND post BREXIT catchup that horribly delay most stock to be shipped into NA, forcing audio distributors to now use $$$$ expensive airfreight at many many multiples of their prior ship laden containers 

(2) Simple shipping pallets for airfreight and container are in huge short supply post COVID  … he quoted me a distress price of $1500+ for ones that used to be sub $100 for late orders of audio components ordered. 
(3) Many audio product materials just to make the audio components are up 25-50 percent due to similar shortages post COVID and post-BREXIT.

(4)  For the latter, the tax treaties permitting fast and EZ transport have now been scrapped and ground the paperwork requirements clearance to a glacier speed AND  introduced new tax and duties unilaterally until the new tax treaties can be renegotiated at some time in the future,