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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To the OP:

Why do you even care, or concern yourself in how others spend their hard earned?

I am 100% in accordance with him. Hi End audio has become more of a major business than a hobby. Gear prices are getting so high that only some astronauts are able to reach them. The answers are the materials used, components, time to design cabinets and crossovers, etc... This manufactures buy parts and material by bulk and their prices are lower, but they don't care about making gear affordable,  because some rich audiophiles will buy their products anyway. A good example is the company Elac with Andrew Jones who are building speakers that will give you the best sound for your money. Another issue is that the companies will build model A, B and C and you may be able to get model A, but never C which is the best. Everything is about money and not about hi end audio. That's how Capitalism works!!!  
We have some very talented DIY guys in our audio group.   Beyond the musical enjoyment we all get from the finished product, there is quite a bit of satisfaction to be had by building something from scratch.   I don't think saving money has much to do with DIY,  it is just the enjoyment of music plus the satisfaction of creating your own equipment.

I have spent the last hour and one half reading and digesting this entire thread. What have I learned from this? Just that a good chunk of my Saturday morning is now shot.....