Listen to logic ,in truth ,most speakers as a rule roughly 25% actually goes into the speaker including packaging ,the rest overhead and markup.
Walter at Underwood Wally bought LSA Loudspeakers and electronics and has had his engineers do some major upgrading ,you cut out the middle man and these speakers sing , even great stands for $250 delivered if you needed them
give him a call he has a great pr with AMT drivers coming out ,and for just over $1k
speakers at a retail dealer would be $3k no BS ,to be using tweeter that cost him over $30 each is a lot Waay better then anything at $2 k ,I have been modding speakers for years , these new LSA speakers , and Electronic line is the real deal
well worth your time to check it out the info is more on the bottom half of the page .