Quote Originally Posted by Beave View Post
And Aerial isn't the only offender, or near the worst offender, when it comes to using mid-price drivers in expensive speakers.
Nowhere near the worst offender

This is the reason you won't find RAAL ribbons in any typical retail speaker, at least that I have seen that are under $25K/pair. Most speaker manufacturers have surprisingly high margins (wish we did)...

I was an engineer for a very popular speaker / subwoofer manufacturer for ten years. This company was on the cutting edge of home theater sound and satellite/subwoofer technology but even they had high profit margins and often used parts that most would consider to be inexpensive. I either would have been fired or laughed at if I suggested using a $350+ tweeter. $20-$30 tweeter, sure -- but $350+? The tweeter alone would have totaled more than the entire BOM of all of the other parts combined...