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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker
Post Subject: PricingPosted by Merlin on: 4/29/2008
Coops, I think in some ways Romy is right in that modern commercial horn designs based on reference drive units do rather price themselves out of the market.
It's long been the preserve of the dedicated enthusiast and avid tweaker who is prepared to create a masterpiece from component parts. Kevin Scott's horns, as well as the Cessaros, just do not make sense financially speaking with the retail mark ups they enjoy.
Where Romy is wrong is the cost of TAD drive units. Even in the US, trade price on say 2 x 4003, 2 x 703 and 2 x 1601 will come in at c.$4K which would translate to around €4K. Retail in Europe is €9K. With the huge mark ups from commercial operations, it soon becomes clear to me that buying such produt new is the folly of the super rich, and not justifiable by 99.99% of audiophiles.Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site