Sonic Defender
Headphoneus Supremus
No worries, and yes I do get your point. I apologize and admit I reacted a little at the idea that most companies would charge double the price. While I suspect that you are right that they perhaps made less profit margin, I would be shocked if they could charge half. In electronics, profit margins are typically not nearly as high as people think, a 50% margin would be quite high, but perhaps in the personal audio marketplace right now there are higher margins. I understand that at the heart of things you were simply trying to be complimentary to the value the amp represented to you, and that you appreciated the company wasn't in your mind trying to wring out every possible penny of profit, fair enough. Cheers.The math wouldn't add up exactly to that specific example but I think you get the overall point; the profit margins on the GS-1 seem surprisingly low to me. Compare the GS-1 for $750 to similarly priced portable amps from RSA. Also things like seeing very similar power transformers and Alps RK27 volume pots in amps over 3x the cost.