In Reply to: Overpriced Audiophile Crap. posted by Peter Qvortrup on August 29, 2013 at 06:55:19:
Dear Peter
The actual dealer price for Kondo M7 is 673,200 Yen. I'll let you do the conversion yourself. I do not think the pricing structure dramatically changed from times You were responsible for it. This comes from I (guess) former dealer of Kondo electronics who advertises here on AA leftovers of his Kondo wares along with dealer's price list.
Peter Snell also operated in small scale business and had quite a bit more difficult job to do than your staff sorting trough and matching the suitable drivers. Modern drivers are way more consistent specs wise also often cheaper to manufacture so you don't have to do nearly as much to match them properly. Yes the drivers are almost identical to the basic , economy line of ancient, cheap vifa products. You basic K do not have (or it didn't few years back) better capacitors. They are the same cheap but good electrolytic bipolar bypassed by equally cheap mylar caps. Sure the wire is better but we don't want to go into wire talks ;)
I only responded to RGA thesis that considering inflation basic prices of your entry level Snell based speakers are very close to original Snell prices . They are not. Pricing in high-end changed a lot since late Peter Snell times and YOU Peter Qvortrup are in big part to blame for it. BUT, I easily agree that the speakers sound great and are more than competitive with almost any other speakers in their price range and well beyond. Personally I'd rather have any AN speaker than almost anything else which can be bought in the store. I know and understand "luxury" and small scale, EU based manufacturing arguments but I don't buy yachts , watches and sport cars . I buy Hi-Fi thus hi-fi prices are what I can whine about ;)
Best Regards,
WojciechPS Here is your source for the tweeters, although you may buy it half that price from manufacturer...
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- RE: Overpriced Audiophile Crap. - Wojciech 08/29/1308:01:43 08/29/13 (4)
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