Inflation SVS

[RedCharles]

And I thought they were expensive before. Jeez.
SB 4000 was $1500, now $1800
Ultra Bookshelf was $500, now $600
The PB 16 Ultra was around $2400 iirc, and it is $2900 now.

 

[Pogre]

Yup. As of October 4th I believe. Sparked quite the conversation a week or so ago.

SVS big price increases!

Maybe I'm just slow to the news but I was just on the SVS website and holy cow the prices on every speaker and sub is going on by a lot. The Prime Elevation I noticed 50 bucks each and was like, OK huh. Them I checked the Ultra Bookshelf and that is going up 100 bucks each, you are talking 1,200...

forums.audioholics.com

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

Every company is increasing prices - Perlisten, RBH, etc. I just got an email from Kimber Kable about price increases.

 

[Cos]

The bright side, my speakers are worth more than the day I bought them Total increase in cost for my LCR amounts to $2,497 retail increase. I don't plan on selling anytime soon, or at all. The downside even the used market is starting to raise it's prices.

 

[RedCharles]

Ya, just looked at that thread. Scapegoating and my team is better than your team, and F SVS comments. And somehow, the debt ceiling vote is directly related to SVS raising their prices. Quite the conversation indeed.

I met Gary Yacoubian about two years ago at an event, and I asked him if SVS would ever build speakers in the US, and it was a hard no. I think they're raising prices because the cost per pound to ship from China is way up and some of their subs weigh 200 pounds.

I like SVS. I own a number of SVS speakers. But I understand how bad the shipping situation is. Just wish I would have ordered the speaker I need before October. Whatever, though, it's just a hundred bucks. Glad I got a lot of my gear before inflation started picking up. I would hate to be starting from scratch right now.

 

[RedCharles]

Every company is increasing prices - Perlisten, RBH, etc. I just go an email from Kimber Kable about price increases.

I dislike your comment. Too much truth.

 

[Cos]

One of the biggest contributors to cost relates to the logistics piece. It just costs a whole hell of a lot more to ship from China and other overseas countries as its a mess right now. It's the reason why Costo and Walmart are leasing ships & Containers for inventory as they don't see it getting better. Combine that with the chip shortages, even outside AKM and inflation, its the perfect storm of price inceases

 

[ryanosaur]

It’s been pointed out before, this isn’t just a shipping issue that is affecting prices… cost of materials and part availability is wreaking havoc across the board.
And while you may think that other thread turned a bit over the top, all of this was hashed out there as well, prior to several of us just blowing off steam.

End of the day, the problems the world is facing are profound and wide ranging. And yes, even the market volatility due to American politics and our ability to pay our existing debts is a part of that.

We are in for a bumpy ride over the next few years, and that assumes we can avoid an outright market crash, full blown depression, and new wars.

 

[Pogre]

Ya, just looked at that thread. Scapegoating and my team is better than your team, and F SVS comments. And somehow, the debt ceiling vote is directly related to SVS raising their prices. Quite the conversation indeed.

I met Gary Yacoubian about two years ago at an event, and I asked him if SVS would ever build speakers in the US, and it was a hard no. I think they're raising prices because the cost per pound to ship from China is way up and some of their subs weigh 200 pounds.

I like SVS. I own a number of SVS speakers. But I understand how bad the shipping situation is. Just wish I would have ordered the speaker I need before October. Whatever, though, it's just a hundred bucks. Glad I got a lot of my gear before inflation started picking up. I would hate to be starting from scratch right now.

I'm a big SVS fan. I had a full blown 5.0 Ultra speaker system with the towers anchoring it all. Which I recently sold, and if I'd held onto them a li'l longer I prolly coulda broke even or even made a profit.

They are great speakers tho. I really enjoyed my time with them.

 

[latapx]

Ordered my PB4000 on 10/2/21 and received it yesterday. Told my wife "it'll be more expensive later" to get the final approval. Everything is going to hell...i mean, everything is getting more expensive.

 

[alphaiii]

Every company is increasing prices - Perlisten, RBH, etc. I just got an email from Kimber Kable about price increases.

ELAC, Wharfedale, Rythmik, PSA, and HSU have all also significantly raised prices recently.

This hobby got alot more expensive in 2021

 

[ryanosaur]

PSA

Cost of B&C Drivers has risen dramatically this past year.
Going back to components, for example, the cost of raw Neodymium has risen 80% since this time last year, according to tradingeconomics.com

 

[Pogre]

Man am I glad I'm pretty well set for the foreseeable future. I'm good on speakers and subs, and I've gotten some good mileage off this SR6011. That'd be the only thing I could see updating, but not any time soon. I'm planning to drive the wheels off this one.

 

[Cos]

Man am I glad I'm pretty well set for the foreseeable future. I'm good on speakers and subs, and I've gotten some good mileage off this SR6011. That'd be the only thing I could see updating, but not any time soon. I'm planning to drive the wheels off this one.

Agree, the only thing I was looking to really upgrade at this point was my Pre/Pro, but that has gone out the window

 

[Mark E. Long]

Was wanting to mabey upgrade my receiver this spring but iam going to hold off it doesn’t have atmos or dtsx but it’s running strong after being fixed a couple years ago new upgraded main processor board and hdmi board it can do some unusual things on auto setup once in awhile but it will have to stay for now and it still sounds great . I may start accumulating parts for a speaker build for the winter instead .

 

[Danzilla31]

Yup. As of October 4th I believe. Sparked quite the conversation a week or so ago.

SVS big price increases!

Maybe I'm just slow to the news but I was just on the SVS website and holy cow the prices on every speaker and sub is going on by a lot. The Prime Elevation I noticed 50 bucks each and was like, OK huh. Them I checked the Ultra Bookshelf and that is going up 100 bucks each, you are talking 1,200...

forums.audioholics.com

Hah hah that thread was stupid fun. 90% of that I wouldn't even take seriously tho. If someone couldn't see how much clowning around we were doing.

And the reason we were clowning is we all know it's not SVS fault or any other companies for that matter

We were just letting off some steam and having some fun because the way everything is right now what else can you do? It's not going to be a easy time to get into audio. Just not going to be easy times for any of us period

 

[Danzilla31]

Was wanting to mabey upgrade my receiver this spring but iam going to hold off it doesn’t have atmos or dtsx but it’s running strong after being fixed a couple years ago new upgraded main processor board and hdmi board it can do some unusual things on auto setup once in awhile but it will have to stay for now and it still sounds great . I may start accumulating parts for a speaker build for the winter instead .

Yeah I said it in that last thread I'm lucky I bought my stuff before all this went down. As much as I love too no more spending on audio for AWHILE. Indefinitely until it's possible to see where things are headed. So I totally understand you holding off for now

 

[ryanosaur]

Almost as if published just for these SVS threads:

Global Supply-Chain Problems Escalate, Threatening Economic Recovery — The Wall Street Journal

Component shortages, surging prices of raw materials and transportation backups compound the bottlenecks

apple.news

 

[lovinthehd]

Almost as if published just for these SVS threads:

Global Supply-Chain Problems Escalate, Threatening Economic Recovery — The Wall Street Journal

Component shortages, surging prices of raw materials and transportation backups compound the bottlenecks

apple.news

No free views of that article it seems....

 

[vader540is]

Containers from China are very expensive now.

Before one would be around $3,000-$5,000

They are now around $20,000