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Originally Posted by thedauntlessone
LTTP but I would also like to know why the stands cost 500 dollar. No matter how high quality I don't see it costing 200+ dollars to make each stand.
For comparison, paintball markers use aircraft grade aluminum to make the body complete with annodization, solenoid and electronics wiring and a mid range marker cost about 400-600 dollars.
The reason why I use paintball marker as a comparison is because the body uses high quality metal that needs to be cut to exact specification. Another reason is because while paintball is quite popular nowadays, markers aren't exactly mass produced on a large scale. Moreover, big manufacturers produce them in the US of A... not Asia.
As a consumer, that stand is worth maybe 50-100 dollars at most. Just an honest opinion.
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The paintball comparison is not at all apt... The speaker stands costs HeadRoom about $425-$430 a pair to manufacture including parts and labor costs. I believe the $70 mark-up is fair. There are no other similar products anywhere on the market (that we can find) so obviously breaking trail here has proven quite costly for us ... As Tyll stated earlier in this thread, please don't buy if you can't afford!
Jorge
HR Sales/Product Manager