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@lonemountain

A 15 inch woofer costs nearly the same to build as a 10 inch, but everyone expects the prices to be radically different because a 15 is "more".

If the price is the same for any product offering "more" power, size, weight, etc. if the price isn’t higher consumers suspect shenanigans. Sometimes paying MORE is a badge of honor (keeping up with the neighbors, status, etc). I have seen members here like @ghdprentice actually post the prices he perceives that will let you into the rarified stratosphere of elite/reference/end game performance.

Face it, nobody that dropped $4500K on electronics plus $ on speakers want it bested by a $750 active speaker (the example Andrew Jones gave in the video). The people that splashed the cash need to defend their choices else risk being seen as gullible or whatever.

If a speaker company needs to charge MORE in order to be perceived as higher value or whatever, more power to them.

Case in point, HDFury sells a video device for 4K around $500. The NEW device for 8K video was priced around the same or a little lower. People complained on youtube it didn't cost more and you know how this story ends, an instant $100 price hike on the new model.

Further, @kota1 , for trying to raise the knowledge of the group I have received abusive replies like yours. Now it is like you are actively trying to stunt other people's knowledge. Why is that?

You can read them or not read them. It is your choice to educate yourself in an area you clearly are not educated in, or to not educate yourself.

@thespeakerdude 

for trying to raise the knowledge of the group

You are striking out, you have 0 credibility, post your creds to get some cred.

Of course, anyone who claims to be a knowledgeable audiophile and up on active speaker technology should know some of the things I have mentioned, that go beyond simple active crossovers, are already on the market,

http://www.kiiaudio.com/acoustics.php.  The Dutch and Dutch 8C also plays some DSP tricks in addition to their acoustic advances. Somewhere out there, you can also find Bruno talking about tight integration of speakers and amplifiers as simple voltage drive is not the best drive solution.

The whole premise of the B&O 90 is advanced active speaker techniques for directivity control:  http://https://www.bang-olufsen.com/en/us/speakers/beolab-90

Of course, it is not like Samsung (Harman) is asleep at the switch: 
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20170188150A1/en

I could go on, but I have real work to do, you know, with speakers, that people buy.