Like many speaker manufacturers my costs have been going up recently, with enclosure costs rising the most dramatically. Since my speakers tend to be large, enclosure cost has always been a high proportion of my total cost, and now that proportion is increasing. I don't like this trend.
Therefore I am considering offering, as an option, a utilitarian-finish version of at least one model. The cost savings would probably be in the neighborhood of 30-40%. So it would be like buying a utilitarian-finish F328Be for the price of an F228Be.
This isn't a “whichever choice gets the most votes wins” thread. I don't need or want a very big share of the market. But if utilitarian-look “high end” speakers are just a bad idea, I'd rather find out before I start turning a bad idea into a bad investment.
Any and all comments welcome.
(Note that this thread is about products from my own company, AudioKinesis, and not about products of Illusio Audio, a new company I'm associated with, which was mentioned in a recent Desperate Dealers Forum thread.)