Where did the Four thousand eight hundred ninety five pounds go to?
Profit?
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Profit?
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Some people think because its expensive it must be really good.
At the end of the day an item is worth what someone will pay for it.
From my point of view I sell on ebay and things are the other way around with a race to the bottom on price due to competition.
At the end of the day an item is worth what someone will pay for it.
From my point of view I sell on ebay and things are the other way around with a race to the bottom on price due to competition.
A successful businessman once told me that the secret to getting rich was either to take a little money from a lot of people, or a lot of money from a few people.
Which usually takes the most work?
4895 GBP is roughly $6450 USD. I make an average of $15 profit on each PC board I sell. I sell an average of 135 boards a year. It takes me three years to generate as much profit as one set of these speakers.
Clearly I'm in the wrong business, a fact that my wife is growing less tolerant of every day.
Which usually takes the most work?
4895 GBP is roughly $6450 USD. I make an average of $15 profit on each PC board I sell. I sell an average of 135 boards a year. It takes me three years to generate as much profit as one set of these speakers.
Clearly I'm in the wrong business, a fact that my wife is growing less tolerant of every day.
Mortgage payment, installments on the new Lexus, insurance, living expenses, that sort of thing. Adds up if you only sell a dozen speakers per year ;-)
Jan
"Clearly, I'm in the wrong business, a fact my wife is growing less tolerant of every day".
Rather telling don't you think? Sacrifice your honor, your dignity, your very own worth, your scientific integrity? ...all for the 'Almighty Dollar"?
sorry, the oil slick that would permeate would stink to high heaven...no thanks.
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Rather telling don't you think? Sacrifice your honor, your dignity, your very own worth, your scientific integrity? ...all for the 'Almighty Dollar"?
sorry, the oil slick that would permeate would stink to high heaven...no thanks.
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Hey.
This voice coil is made of extra-terrestrial rare metal.
You have also to pay the space trip.
Things cost the amount You are willing to pay. It's been always like this.
Taxes are always raising & You don't bother paying...
This voice coil is made of extra-terrestrial rare metal.
You have also to pay the space trip.
Things cost the amount You are willing to pay. It's been always like this.
Taxes are always raising & You don't bother paying...
More like reality. I can design amplifiers and lay out PC boards with ease, I have been doing it since childhood. I like doing it.....that's very important.
I was an electrical engineer with a career at Motorola for 41 years. I was one of the few that actually liked coming to work.
My woodworking skills suck, and I don't enjoy it so much.
Tubelab is a part time endeavor that essentially pays for my electronics habit. Could I design an amplifier that sells for $5000, and pay a woodworker to build some pretty boxes for them? Yes, but I won't.
Getting rich has never been a life goal for me. That's why I refused promotion for the last 12 years of my career. I would have made a lot more money, but not liked my job nearly as much.
I climbed about halfway up that corporate ladder, didn't like the view above me, and stayed at a safe spot in the middle, avoiding the stress that literally killed a few engineering managers.
The problem with selling stuff is getting it out there so people know its there.
Selling expensive stuff usually means spending a fortune on advertising in the top audio mags. The actual price of the equipment is very small compared to overheads.
Selling expensive stuff usually means spending a fortune on advertising in the top audio mags. The actual price of the equipment is very small compared to overheads.
"...slow grown solid French oak, aged for 12 years..."
Do tell, is that 12 yr old wood, or people have Oak planking sitting in a warehouse for twelve years?? Part & parcel of "the con".
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Do tell, is that 12 yr old wood, or people have Oak planking sitting in a warehouse for twelve years?? Part & parcel of "the con".
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A non-optimum mass-loaded transmission line with an Alpair 10.3 ($110 USD each at Madisound, $85 each at the end). Hard to find now, but the A11ms is a suitable upgrade. The free Pensil designs are very similar in presentation, probably a better design. A couple sheets of good plywood, a weekend or two, and then as much money as you’d like to spend on finish. Better sounding, maybe better looking, but hard to imagine even getting close to $1,000.
Chris is living with a very nice pair of Pensils with Alpair 10PeN that are very good.
dave
Chris is living with a very nice pair of Pensils with Alpair 10PeN that are very good.
dave
I have a pair of speakers made from 70 year old doyglas fir flooring. Does that count? Except for the deep bass they would be competitive with the ones in question (and they would image better).
Upside down on a helper woofe rthey don’t really need.
dave
Don't forget the demographics on the internet. Especially with the pandemic reducing the face to face businesses. Yes, the product needs to be shilled like some have been doing on this forum. BTW, not all shilling is bad. It's just that some try to deceive people and creates bad rep for internet shills.