adamslim;283720 Wrote: > Yeah cutting out the EMI from the last metre, ignoring the 100+km agross > the grid, always struck me as kinda pointless. > > I DIY'd my mains cables. It's always satisfying to build something > yourself, and you mind less when the interesting experiment that shows > you can't hear any difference cost you just a few quid and was actually > quite fun. That's the spirit...
> Anyway 2000%? By the time you factor in distribution, retail packaging, > retail margins and so on, it will shrink rapidly. Take the $15 > component cost and add: > $20 for labour and packaging = $35 > mwoaah.. a chinese kid wil manufacture it for just about $0.10, packaging probably not more than a few bucks... Approx total: $15 > $15 for a minimal manufacturer profit = $50 Most chinese companies have a very low profitmargin. just 1 or 2 bucks a piece... Approx total $17 > $10 for a small distro cost or postage to dealer = $60 shipment costs aren't probably that high for small stuff like a cable and probably more will be send with each shipment. Approx. total $20. > $40 for a low (on cables) dealer margin = $100 I think that your estimate here is pretty low. It will probably be more than the double of it. So approx total still $100. > So it's 3x overpriced, maybe. I've seen worse! What I find really > crappy is the poor build quality - for that there is no excuse. Indeed I've seen worse... Considering the build quality, that's what you get for $0.10... -- servies There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ servies's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9496 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45323 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
