Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods?

@yogiboy Actually, bears will poop anywhere, not just in the woods. 

So, yes, overpriced equipment abounds.   More so with tweaks and cables where the cost to sales ratio can be phenomenally large.  

The Orion speaker was costly to design and manufacture with home built drivers yet.  Whether it is sonically worth the $133K price is unknown, but it is an expensive audio product to produce from design to finish.  

@dean_palmer 100%  @jimmyblues1959  Nope  I have had the pleasure of hearing a $1 million+ audio system and it blew away any other system I've heard.  My own system(s) cost me $5K and about $60K, the latter in a $150K custom listening room.  The latter permits lesser cost speakers to sound like expensive speakers.  I plan on upgrading from my currently valued $2500 full range Focuses to a superior speaker for reasons of greater listening area (e.g Von Scweikert) and ambiance/resolution which will cost me somewhere between $35K and $180K.  I am satisfied for now but want to share with more than one or two people the sound of the center seat.  

There are some brands of high end, sometimes costly speakers which I do not find musically involving-Magico (heard 18+ A, S and Q series), Wilson (smaller the better), YG Acoustics, Vivid, Vandersteen, etc.  I heard several Rockports and liked them.  Still, I want to audition speakers in my room with my equipment to determine whether they will be worth the expense.   I'm certain the the $180K VS Ultra 7s would be wonderful (I've heard the 9 and 11 and my best friend's VR35 export) but my budget does not allow that and at 67, I may be too old when I can afford it. 

My primary concern in purchasing high end equipment/speakers is that the company goes out of business and no repairs can be made.  Especially with expensive equipment.  

Not so surprisingly a lot of businesses fail because they didn't do basic homework on the cost of doing business like say opening a restaurant and not figuring out things like how much money I have to make just to cover all the costs at the end of the month.  You would be surprised at how many simply don't do the math so when designing products with a limited economic audience, hopefully, you do some statistical analysis, and get a realistic idea of how many people are out there who can afford it but would purchase it.  Though, When Dave Wilson started his speaker company with the Watt, he thought he would sell a few, 20- 30(I have the review somewhere).  His business was recordings, records, but he ended up with 250 orders the first year and that was a very expensive item for what it did at the time.

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@mihorn Try to find the you best speakers , just see small bookshelf , what s price ? more than $ 100, 000 ?

I only make 1 model bookshelf speaker ($9k/pair) now. Is it overpriced? Please remember my WT speakers are purist/cleanest sounding, closest to the original music, and the only no veil natural sound speaker in the world and 150 years of audio history. Alex/Wavetouch audio

Very few of these extremely priced pieces of equipment are sold relative to the rest. Egos Drive most of these sales. Sitting in a room with extremely high priced equipment is hard to resist for those who have the funds, and many people do have the funds for these expenditures. Many of them are very gullible souls.

The more seasoned and experienced listeners who really know what they’re doing can get the same Quality, and most often better, for considerably less.

YouTube channels are culprits in promoting this exceptionally high priced gear, which serves to only stretch prices in a manufacturers lower end models.

Even the Rich need to hold someone’s hand and there’s plenty of outreached hands.