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In Reply to: How bad is speaker markup? posted by seancuster71@gmail.com on March 2, 2025 at 23:49:39:
Did some math back on this in the day.
General rule of thumb is if you're not charging about 5x the price of the major components (including the more costly crossover components) you're not going to make it in the North American market.
And that means using as many made-in-China parts as possible, and possibly even having parts or all of the enclosures made there as well.
Look, start an "ethical speaker company that doesn't steal" and keep your retail cost at 4 times the sum of driver costs and get back to me if you're still in business two years later.
You won't be.
The takeaway here is that a box full of $1000 worth of OEM speaker components is just that. The potential it has to become a $10,000 speaker takes time, money and energy and then a markup is applied.
Another neat conversation I have along these lines are those who want me to build them a pair of speakers for $200 that rival a $1000 pair of speakers.
I just laugh because when I do a serious build I spend more than $200 on shop supplies and consumables.
Cheers,
Presto
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- Not any worse than other products made from OEM parts - Presto 13:37:31 03/09/25 (2)
- Rare but can be done - Edp 09:44:41 03/11/25 (1)
- RE: Rare but can be done - Presto 17:44:06 03/13/25 (0)
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