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European Speaker Price Increase

The European speaker prices are killing me. I just can't pull the trigger on purchasing anything that is imported from Europe because they all seem to be increasing the prices due to the fall of the American Dollar.

Seriously, if I had bought a pair of JM-Renaud Euterpe speakers 3 months ago I would have paid $1995 - The EXACT same speaker now is $2895 - $900 more!! It will plague me until I am old and gray knowing that I missed the boat on the lower price.

The European speaker companies have to be loosing American sales because of this. I have considered the Jean-marie speakers, which I never got to audition and I have considered the Dali Ikon 6's, which I have audition (not sure they are right for me), but I couldn't pull the trigger on either one, mostly because I realized that I would have been paying way more than what I would have several months ago.

Sooooo......Do you think I will get more bang for my cheap, cruddy, American dollar by sticking with an American made speaker?
carter9000
mlauner
250 posts
 
check out Canada, many excellent speakers made there.
ssglx
203 posts
 
The American dollar will make a comeback with the Euro, but not with Asia.
carter9000 OP
23 posts
 
Sooooo, what US speakers do you all think give you a lot of bang for the dollar?

OR

Have some of you ignored the price increase and bought a European speaker any way. There are a lot of reviews that say the Dali Ikon 6 is a good speaker for the price, but those reviews were written when the speaker was $1500, stereophile included. Now that same speaker costs $1900! Hardly the same price. So I wonder if reviewers or the target consumers for the product would have the same things to say...or does the price change now force you too look at different speakers.
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uru975
684 posts
 
Given the price increase would it be cost effective to buy in Europe, avoid VTA since it is going out of the continent and even with shipping costs be cheaper than buying here?
Once the Federal Reserve begins to finally raise rates again and chop off the nascent inflation that is building here the dollar will revive and foreign prices decline.
The balance is always restored one way or another over time.
unsound
7,318 posts
 
IMHO, Vandersteens "give you a lot of bang for the dollar".
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