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Originally Posted by lucey  I agree it seems a lot of money .... then again, it's a boutique product, hand made in the US one at a time. If you look at Lavry Gold, Prism, Weiss, or other high end ADs, it's actually not a lot of money. Maybe you can design something as good, make it in China, and sell it for less! An 8 CH. version for around that price would sell very well I'd think. |
I agree that relatively speaking its not a lot more expensive than some competing products.
But my point is most of them are WAAAYY overpriced, simply because they are able to do it and people pay it...it's like real estate in a sense...an inflated and hyped market...until something brings it crashing down.
Its not a matter of getting it built in China either, many mics that are supposed to be USA assembled have chinese capsules (the same ones they use in cheaper mics) and they sell for a couple of thousand which is at the very least...not very honest.
Maybe the shell or something like that could be made in China... but the cost of transformers, caps and labour etc...would be way below the asking price...even probably factoring in R&D...they could still make a great profit at half the price.
But as someone said ...people are prepared to pay that...so they ask these over the top prices.
I still think its ridiculous tho!! a good tech could build something with gold plated caps and a frigging platinum transformer for that price...but hey people pay it, they even argue in favor of paying it...so who am I to say anything different?
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Originally Posted by GilWave Compared to what - $8500 for a U47? |
Well one of the problems with the U47 thing is the mics that compete (newer ones) like the Wagner, Wunder etc...have shells made in Slovakia (or somewhere like that) that cost a lot...a real lot, ...thereby inflating the prices, then the mic itself sells for almost the same money as a U47.
BUT if they used Chinese metal shells (custom made) they could sell for a LOT LESS!!
But anyway as far as the vintage market goes...it has always been more than a bit silly.
BTW as many would know the vintage guitar market is even worse...a 59 Les Paul sells for any amount of money, there is no limit to it ...$40,000 upwards and more (I used to own one of those when they didn't cost the price of a house) Now you can buy a Japanese Edwards sprayed in nitro for a $1,000 that is immaculately built and very very close to the real thing and put in some Lollars or a set of Wolfetones, rewire it and have a great guitar that is on the same platform..(quality wise) but people still buy the Les Pauls for $100,000 or whatever...so good luck to them, but at the end of the day those guitars are not really worth anywhere near that much money...what to speak of an A to D convertor with some good caps and stuff in it.
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