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Old 01-29-2011, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Still-One View Post
I agree with you 100%. There cannot be that much more to the BOM for those Boulder amps than in a pair of 1.2k's. Part of the issue is Boulder is spreading their R&D ad overhead over significantly fewer units.

Jim
Economies of scale and custom parts often factor in too. Smaller distribution chains, hand-assembled (and therefore more labor-intensive), perhaps other factors. Not just Boulder but other companies too.

Still, this is a lot of money to pay for amplifiers (or anything).
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