Dynaudio C1, why so expensive?

I'm just glad they didn't cost me as much as the Magico Mini II's at 32,000 or even Tidal starting at 18,000.

Krell_man

I've personally compared them a number of times at different dealers when I was auditioning other components.

Hi Chuck. Did you compare those to the C1's? What was better?
George

They use their own high quality drivers...not cheap mass produced stuff like most others...

The quality of Dynaudio drivers can only be appreciated by listening or by opening the box and seeing the relatively large and expensive drive motors...

George,

Yes, I'm always on the lookout for something better, but as much as I liked the C1's, my Caravelle's were better to me.

Just as I wouldn't sell my B&W Silver Signature's for the B&W 802D's, but I sold them for the Caravelle's.

Chuck

The Focal Utopia Diablo's retail for something like $12,000 without the stands. They are just a two way speaker design. Great sounding speaker, but I guess they should be.

09-16-10: Xti16
You get what you pay for. I own C1's and the build quality is first rate. Made with real wood veneer on HDF. Machined 1 piece aluminum isolation baffle. They are designed and manufactured at Dynaudio.
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The baffle is not aluminum, it is some kind of composite wood material.