Are Bowers and Wilkins speakers overpriced?


I see a lot of negative commentary on B&W. Why? Are they overpriced? Do they not sound as amazing as they look? Are they too “main stream”? - I love my 805 d3’s but curious why they get such a bad rep. 
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We are confusing price with perceived value, which is subjective.

If a product is over priced, then the secondary market will discount the product to the appropriate price point. Efficient markets actually work!

I have zero idea how these speakers fare in the secondary market, but that is where you will know their true value.

Let’s not confuse personal opinion regarding their sound versus the real pricing data.

Someone care to share what their secondary market value is for 2 or 3 year old models in pristine condition, please.
+1 @Ihasaguy — The market is the final arbiter of what “overpriced” is.  While I think $9000 is steep for the 804D3, many are being sold so who the hell cares what I think?  And, despite not being a huge fan, I doubt B&W is jacking up the price unreasonably and probably charging what they need to make a fair profit given their development costs, parts, labor, overhead, etc.  

But I will say that I much prefer the new Continuum drivers over the old yellow drivers, which I did not like at all, and I also think the Diamond tweet is their best ever as well.  That said, I still find B&Ws to be speakers I can respect but not love.  To me, they play the notes but don’t involve me in the music as much as others.  At every price point I’d easily take Joseph Audio, Vandersteen, ProAc, Silverline, or Nola (just to name a few) over B&W in a heartbeat.  To me, they all do everything as well or better but also convey the soul and emotion of the music that I just don’t get from B&Ws.  But that’s me, and there’s still a lot to like about B&Ws — especially their latest models — and I can certainly understand why they have the number of fans they do.  So are B&Ws overpriced?   I’d say no.  But hey, it’s speakers, and it’s personal, so value can be somewhat fungible IMHO and the market will be the ultimate judge. 

I would say no , they are not overpriced . What is the price to their top model ? If its around 20k then definitely not overpriced in comparison to speakers costing 100k 200k 
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