Need Help finding Speakers Budget 20,000 US

Dave,

TAD definitely is a very nice product and probably one I would own my self if i did not make my own. Have now for almost 22 years, PBN Audio was founded April 1992.

David,

Manufacturing in the US is very expensive, only surpassed by Northern Europe. It cost a lot of money to run a operation like the typical Loudspeaker / Amplifier producer we are talking about here. Parts cost, if one is to run a profitable operation is typically 20% of retail. Where does the rest go ? If one sells international distributors in foreign countries are typically invoiced with a 60% discount to allow for their costs of distribution. The foreign dealer need to make money too to cover the cost of their operation.

Before the internet with its transparency products could carry a much higher cost abroad to cover the associated costs, but nowadays its very easy for a, lets say Frenchman, to find the retail price of a product in its home land and he typically will not accept to pay a much higher price there. The only way to get around that issue is to make a global price for a product, therefor the product in its homeland becomes more expensive.

Domestic dealers typically are invoiced with a 40 to 50% discount of retail, they too need to cover costs of operations

Jp,

No I have not , but why take that up with me ? Luvs2listen seems to be the one to handle your concerns regarding this.

Good Listening

Peter

Pbn, you said if the owner is involved he will more than likely make sure the product is A1. This was not the case in my pair. Just the opposite actually.

Pbnaudio, my comments were'nt a criticism, but an observation on the break down of pricing in HiFi companies. If you want to get a good bang for your buck, then the one man operation, selling direct to the customer, is a good way to go. Particularly if they have a good reputation and offer home trials, as both Fritz and Daedalus do.

@ Peter: Thanks for the detailed response. Again, I do appreciate certain smaller companies too. You certainly have proven yourself in this business. I respect that. I'll check you guys out at the next CES.

"Take a company like TAD with unlimited resources from the parent company, Pioneer."

I am the happy owner of three Pioneer Kuro plasma TV displays, which are still considered by many to be the best flat panels ever made.

Pioneer lost so much money making making them that they stopped all plasma production in 2009. The moral of the story? No one is too big to fail.