I guess it's not news anymore that Crutchfield is selling Thiel online. What seems odd is the pricing: 2.4's going for $2500, and 3.7's for $5000, shipping included.
Can anyone confirm the accuracy of these prices? If they are accurate what are the implications?
You are reading the Crutchfield information incorrectly. The prices you quote are for each individual speaker, not for a pair of speakers. Thus, a pair of 2.4s would be approximately $5,000 shipping included.
The implications are either (i) that these speakers are so expensive compared with the other models Crutchfield sells that they will resort to deceptive advertising practices in order to make them seem affordable, or (ii) mono has made a complete comeback, and we don't need two speakers anymore.
I considered that too, Unsound, and that is a reasonable explanation, but I can't see people putting something as big as a Thiel floorstander in front of their screen, plus the Polk speakers, for example, are priced per pair. I'm probably being unduly harsh on Crutchfield, but I don't think it is particularly appropriate to price stereo speakers that are not really designed for HT applications individually.
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