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The Home Theater Company Collusion Theory

Technically, Denon, Marantz, Onkyo, etc. Can offer a processor for $300, and a 7 channel amplifier for $300, and still make a profit.
Basically, a home theater receiver is just a processor and an amplifier in one unit instead of 2.
If you spend $500 on a reciever or an amp and processor , you should be able spend $300 on separate processors and amplifiers since a receiver is just basically both of them combined, yet not a single company will sell a processor or amplifier alone for below like $2,000.
Reserving hi fi for the elite, in the name of making things more expensive than they have to be.
I’m sure they could release a 100 watt 8 ohm / 150 watt 4 ohm amplifier for $500-600 at Best Buy, and a good 7 channel processor for $300-500, and a Dolby Atmos processor for $600-750 and still make a killing going by what they charge for receivers.

Obviously it’d kill their margins on high end stuff, I’m just saying they could.

Going by what they charge in receivers, it’s just a insinuation.

Why has no one ever done this?

Collusion!

What do you guys think?

Also, selling processor and amplifiers separately for $2k minimum, and forcing people who spend less to buy revievers, forces people to have to upgrade the receiver (amplifier and processor) to get new audio and video technologies. So if they sold separates, at low prices, no one would upgrade the amplifier. It’s a conspiracy to force you to upgrade more.

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clearthink
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roberttcan"I think your conspiracy theory is based on a poor understanding of the business, volumes, and costs of the consumer electronics market."

His conspiracy theory is absurd and illogical but you're response reflects your effort to convince the group hear that you are some "higher authority" who's expertise, experience, and knowledge somehow makes you more correct, authoritative, and worthy of dictating to others and insisting they accept you're version of truth, reality, and faith.  
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falconquest
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I see people use the term "receiver" incorrectly quite often. A receiver is a device that "receives" a broadcast signal such as AM/FM and typically has a built in amplifier as opposed to a "tuner" that merely receives a signal.
roberttcan
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George, george, george, .... why are you so threatened by me?  Really, you seem somehow threatened by my presence on AGon. 

You called the poster illogical and absurd .... and somehow you think that is okay? It is not.

I pointed out that the poster likely does not have a good understanding of the business models and sales volumes of this type of consumer electronics and came to a conspiracy theory conclusion, as opposed to understanding why things are the way they are.

Do you have something to add to this conversation? YOU from what I can tell are not a moderator here, so stop trying to act like one. The other people on this forum are adults and don't need YOU to be their mother.


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roberttcan"I think your conspiracy theory is based on a poor understanding of the business, volumes, and costs of the consumer electronics market."

His conspiracy theory is absurd and illogical but you're response reflects your effort to convince the group hear that you are some "higher authority" who's expertise, experience, and knowledge somehow makes you more correct, authoritative, and worthy of dictating to others and insisting they accept you're version of truth, reality, and faith.  
clearthink
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roberttcan"why are you so threatened by me? Really, you seem somehow threatened by my presence on AGon."

No one hear is threatened by your presence you have insulted, denigrated, and marginalized many hear with you self-righteous, self-importnat, abusive remarks, claims, and assertions and if you continue moderators wlil be contacted directly to deal with you as they have others of you’re like in the past.
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nonoise
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