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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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.....
Hi mr_m,

Threads with titles like this are 100% guaranteed to be a colossal waste of time. I should follow my own advice and ignore them.

Best to you mr_m,
Dave
Please don't read this, unless of course you are totally bored, no football on tv, not a good book in sight and you are just sitting around waiting for america to become great again. 

I think a better blind test for speakers would be to take two speakers, same brand, one costing twice as much as the other and ask the listeners or testicles which one they prefer. Not necessarily just hearing a difference but choosing a speaker they would want to live with. 

Now I don't care who you are that is a good one. Raises the issue, do people simply go for the more expensive speaker because it has one extra driver?