[Amps] Why price difference

[Will Matney]

The big problem is the competition. You build an amp, which is a superb  
piece of work, then somebody comes along with junk to sell about twice as  
cheap. Even worse, they import it from a country where the labor rates are  
a couple of bucks ,or less, an hour. What always happens, the majority of  
the public buys the cheaper brands, though they dont want to admit to it.  
I've personally been around the horn on this and seen it happen. One other  
thing that really burns me is a distributor selling to the general public.  
To be a distributor, you sell wholesale to the end sellers or small  
businesses. I've seen a few distributors who'll sale to anybody. That's  
the last nail in the coffin for a small business.

If Collins made their products today, your correct, they'd be about X2  
what they was. The thing is, they'd be worth it. The bad thing, everyone  
would buy the cheaper stuff. That's the reason for Collins and others  
closing up shop IMHO.



On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 12:06:19 -0500, Bill Fuqua <wlfuqu00 at uky.edu> wrote:

>     Supply and Demand primarily and secondarily product loyalty and  
> mythology.    If Collins, today, made the same amplifier I bet it would  
> sell for much more.    It is a mistake to think that price is connected  
> to the  cost of manufacturing a product. Naturally it sets a lower limit  
> but not the actual market price.
>     If TenTec could not sell their product for $3600 at the volume that  
> they targeted they would either reduce the price or the quantity that  
> they sold. The price and volume would would change to maximize profit.  
> The primary goal of free enterprise.
>
> 73
> Bill wa4lav
>
>
> At 11:09 AM 2/3/2005 -0500, dan r goddard wrote:
>> What's the big difference for a person looking to buy an amp?
>>
>> The Ten Tec Titan 111 is priced about $3600.
>>
>> The HF 2500 Commander is priced about $3100
>>
>> The QRO HF 2500DX is priced about $3600
>>
>> Is there that much difference in these Amps that one should be chosen
>> over another. All put out about the same power with low drive.
>>
>> One could get an Ameritron amp that would do the same for $1000 dollars
>> less.  Is there more quality control in one of these amps over another?
>>
>> One get's confused in trying to choose what amp to buy.  What say some  
>> of
>> you Old Timers?
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