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


Having just read the interesting and hyperbole laden review by RH of the new Rockport Orion speakers in the latest issue of The Absolute Sound, one thing struck me..

is it possible in the high end for a manufacturer to overprice their product ( doesn’t have to be a speaker, but this example comes to mind)? I ask this, as the Orion is priced at $133k! Yes,a price that would probably make 99% of hobbyists squirm. Yet, the speaker now joins a number of competitors that are in the $100k realm. 
To that, this particular speaker stands just 50.3” tall and is just 14.3” wide…with one 13” woofer, one 7” midrange and a 1.25” beryllium dome ( which these days is nothing special at all…and could potentially lead to the nasties of beryllium bite).

The question is…given this speakers design and parts, which may or may not be SOTA, is it possible that this is just another overpriced product that will not sell, or is it like others, correctly priced for its target market? Thoughts…

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@prof   +1

Question is...do these guys even sell just a few a year?? Perhaps just selling one of the piece is enough???

Why spend all this energy speculating and judging what others should be thinking or doing like some sort of social crusade?

Those manufacturers are likely making exactly the choices they want to make.  Anyone who doesn’t agree is free to spend their money elsewhere.  Pretty simple.

I haven't noticed any posts that look like someone is on a crusade (might have missed it).

But it makes sense for audiophiles to discuss the nature of how audio gear is being priced these days.  I mean...that's obvious, right?

 

 

 

 

" You cannot possibly be the CPA for both a drug cartel and a speaker manufacturer"

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