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Why pay so much for super high end?

Most speakers costing $50,000+ use Seas, Scan Speak or Accuton.

In DIY forums most speakers designed use bargain drivers and usually are only 2.0 designs not bookshelf or center speakers to complete a surround system.

I’d love to have a Scan Speak 11 speaker system for atmos with 3 way bookshelves, center and floorstanders.

Why aren’t the designs out there and why are you guys pissing away all your money.

Personally I won’t get an upgrade from my speakers unless it’s of this caliber and neither can I afford nor want to donate money to these thieves.

A 3rd party 11 speaker atmos scan Speak system would be nice but I’m not spending $250,000.

Why on earth aren’t there designs out there for this and why do you all piss away your money?

I don’t get why hi fi isn’t all DIY even honest factory direct companies mark up 300%.

Unless you pull in $1+ million a year and don’t have any time I don’t get it.

Are you guys lazy?

Someone easily could design a great crossover and cabinets for everyone and the days of paying over $3,500 for a pair of loud speakers if you got some time or know a friend who could build cabinets would be over. I know of people who could design cabinets that rival $100,000 speakers and cost less than 1% than that.  Someone with some experience could easily design a diamond, beryllium and soft dome and various versions for various tastes.

I don’t get it. Speakers are so simple.  Crossovers cabinets and drivers.

You guys just throw your money away I don’t understand it why?


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electroslacker
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It's very difficult for a small company to set the right retail price by properly balancing inventory, sales volume, distributor  terms, and a myriad of internal costs.  There are probably as many good, small companies buried in the audio graveyard for charging too little as those who charged too much. DIYers don't have these nightmares to worry about, and they're not supporting family and employees.

That said, it's probably a safe bet that some cable purveyors will burn in hell, but then a class of audiophile probably demands they exist to address the needs created by obsession, paranoia and exclusivity.  

High-end audio is kinda like poker--exciting, calculating, and fun until the cost to bet gets so high that we fold an walk away.

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mapman
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Mb1 you can adjust or not to personal preference but I was talking about flat response to 20 hz.  If response is flat level will be heard as lower.   A boost is needed to make it sound flat.   Check out the audio frequency spectrum chart that shows sensitivity of the ear at various frequencies.    System may measure flat but in that case what our ears hear is not.    
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willgolf
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I own a pair of Wilson Audio Duette 2's that cost $23k.  Don't ask me why I bought them I just did.  Before I did I was really looking at Tekton Pendragon for $2k.  I think there are plenty of boutique speaker makers out there that you can find and produce sound that could rival the high end.  Before it is all said and done I can see myself buying a set of Tekton speakers an selling the Wilson's.  It is crazy to think that a pair of speakers cost more than an automobile.
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