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serenechaos wrote:

The Festrex 5" was good in a limited range-- but get it out of that frequency range and or dynamic range and it has real problems.  And that is as long as the part that the drivers are $40,000 / pair doesn't bother you... (No I didn't put in too many zeros).

Wow, that is obnoxious! Their 8” drivers cost $4K-$5K but 5” costs $40,000? Ah, I see, it is perhaps a field-coils driver that powered not by regular electricity but by electricity generated by combustion engine fueled by Macallan 1926 Whisky.  I do not object the high price of Festrex but if they wish to sell the 5-inchers for $40,000 then they shell rise the price of their 8-inchers. From a different perspective the high price might juts reflects redistribution markup.  When Festrex just show up their price list was $1K-$6K for 8” drivers.

http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=1973

Let pretend that for last 2 years the price went up twice, the rest is look like a dealer mark up. It is not uncommon that for the product that need “efforts” to move the mark up might be huge. Many cables for instance are marked up plus 85% to the wholesale prices. Anyhow, I hope the Feastrex is able to demonstrate something that would justify the cost. I am pretty confident that using those drivers without any the high-pass is like peeing against wind but the “full-range people” do not get it.

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