Are Bowers and Wilkins speakers overpriced?

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 

I was a long time B&W fan however the new Diamond starting with the D2 are too much in your face and I could never make the speakers disappear as I can with the D1's. Also I would not recommend the purchase of any B&W speaker at this time. I have had a Diamond D1 tweeter on parts order for over a year now. They sent me one a month ago that had a 6 month old date on it and the rubber surround was not attached to the dome all the way. Very poor quality. I sent it back as I refuse to pay almost $1000 for a tweeter that was manufactured like a 2 year old made it.