They were easy to drive. I partnered them with a NAD 3020 fronted by a Rega Planar 3. A modest system which sounded very good.

Lindsayt wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 1:42 pm I paid £127 for my HB1's back when they first came out in 1983.

That was probably about what I paid, it was a long time ago.

I bought these speakers in 1983 after comparing them with a number of similarly priced ones. They sounded so much better and cost around £180. I had them for over twenty years. Fond memories.

I can accept R&D costs in the context of emerging science and new technology. Where audio is concerned this only applies to streaming as everything else has been around for decades.

Ithilstone wrote: ↑Tue May 31, 2022 5:18 pm

CN211276 wrote: ↑Tue May 31, 2022 2:39 pm
R&D does not enter calculations?

Isn't that funny that they never mention R&D right? ;]

If there is no R&D the implication is that it is existing technology and will not sound better than something a fraction of the price.

Ithilstone wrote: ↑Tue May 31, 2022 12:44 pm
- and simply speaking the price is made up from calculation: number of units they can assemble and sell in one year
and make a healthy profit...

R&D does not enter calculations?

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