..any takers?

[es347]

..I would like to know what drives the msrp?…inner parts?…the chassis? Thoughts?

2025 Special Merit: Berning/Hi-Fi One Reference SET

$230,000 At first glance, a 20W amplifier that costs nearly a quarter of a million dollars would seem like a non-starter, no matter what your budget. But

www.theabsolutesound.com

 

[treitz3]

R&D over many decades? Greed? Percieved value amongst the competition? Manufacturing and sourcing costs? All of the above and more?

Tom

 

[thedudeabides]

A big one. Perceived exclusivity.

 

[Tuckers]

Just checked, and 14 pounds of pure silver used in the chokes is worth $8,400 USD on the spot market today.

I've always wondered what the real sonic impact of doing transformers and chokes out of pure silver wire is. Electrically, it is different, but how different?

A number of MC transformers are silver, and of course the Audio Note and Kondo use in top end gear.

Can't you voice a piece in other ways that gets you there?

 

[PYP]

Lots of silver? "4-chassis with external Ypsilon manufactured silver wire wound 45 pound chokes"

EDIT: I see that @Tuckers can type more quickly than I can....

 

[Tuckers]

A big one. Perceived exclusivity.

Maybe a cozy relationship with Middle Eastern royals?

 

[Tuckers]

Full Review.

 

[Chop]

..I would like to know what drives the msrp?…inner parts?…the chassis? Thoughts?

2025 Special Merit: Berning/Hi-Fi One Reference SET

$230,000 At first glance, a 20W amplifier that costs nearly a quarter of a million dollars would seem like a non-starter, no matter what your budget. But

www.theabsolutesound.com

What drives a price tag of $230k? $230k? Holding a wet finger in the air?
Ultimately that's the profit that makes it that expensive