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Audio/Video Gear and Systems => Enclosures => Topic started by: zybar on 14 Dec 2023, 05:29 pm

Title: I know prices are high for gear...but this is just CRAZY!!! 50K subwoofer
Post by: zybar on 14 Dec 2023, 05:29 pm
I thought $5-10k for a single subwoofer was pricey...but oh no!!

Check out this McIntosh sub that will set you back $50k!!!!   :slap:

https://www.audioholics.com/subwoofer-reviews/mcintosh-ps2k

I'll pass!!

George
Title: Re: I know prices are high for gear...but this is just CRAZY!!! 50K subwoofer
Post by: FullRangeMan on 14 Dec 2023, 05:45 pm
Mac only has interest in the very hi purchasing power public, millionaires in particular, it will certainly sell the entire production(this product must be made to order).
Title: Re: I know prices are high for gear...but this is just CRAZY!!! 50K subwoofer
Post by: Early B. on 14 Dec 2023, 06:38 pm
If I had $50K to spend on the low end, I'd be swarming in bass. I would commission 10 custom-built, 15" dual subs and place them around the room.   
Title: Re: I know prices are high for gear...but this is just CRAZY!!! 50K subwoofer
Post by: zybar on 14 Dec 2023, 06:47 pm
If I had $50K to spend on the low end, I'd be swarming in bass. I would commission 10 custom-built, 15" dual subs and place them around the room.   

For ~$5-10k I would do either two or three Triple Threat Open baffle subs from GR Research.

For ~$15k I would do two D212s subs from Perlisten.

George
Title: Re: I know prices are high for gear...but this is just CRAZY!!! 50K subwoofer
Post by: FullRangeMan on 14 Dec 2023, 06:53 pm
+1.  OB subs dont need the expensive enclosures.
Title: Re: I know prices are high for gear...but this is just CRAZY!!! 50K subwoofer
Post by: twitch54 on 14 Dec 2023, 06:54 pm
my first house cost less than that !

FWIW, over the years the few Mac speaker set ups I've heard were not that impressive considering the $$ outlay. Oh well, crazy money for something that is responsible for just a couple octaves of the music spectrum IMO ........
Title: Re: I know prices are high for gear...but this is just CRAZY!!! 50K subwoofer
Post by: Phil A on 14 Dec 2023, 07:19 pm
It makes this $32k Magico look cheap :green:   https://www.overtureav.com/product/titan-15/
Title: Re: I know prices are high for gear...but this is just CRAZY!!! 50K subwoofer
Post by: WGH on 14 Dec 2023, 07:36 pm
(https://rel.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/No32_TQ_Stack_stereo-transparent-e1660620974896-900x832.png)


REL calls their stacked array a 6-Pack, almost all their models can be stacked

6 No. 31's will cost $42,000

6 No. 32's with the 15" driver is $60,000

Looks like there is a market for these beasts, just not on this forum

Title: Re: I know prices are high for gear...but this is just CRAZY!!! 50K subwoofer
Post by: Tyson on 14 Dec 2023, 07:57 pm
If we're doing triple stacks, I'd much rather have these -


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=259668)


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=259669)


Oh wait, I DO own them :P
Title: Re: I know prices are high for gear...but this is just CRAZY!!! 50K subwoofer
Post by: Rusty Jefferson on 14 Dec 2023, 08:56 pm
Hmm, maybe it's the VU meter with blue lights that jacks up the price. Considering you're going to need at least a pair of them and ideally 4, that's some serious coin. How much are the full rangers they sell to go along with these?
Title: Re: I know prices are high for gear...but this is just CRAZY!!! 50K subwoofer
Post by: JakeJ on 14 Dec 2023, 09:05 pm
If I had $50K to spend on the low end, I'd be swarming in bass. I would commission 10 custom-built, 15" dual subs and place them around the room.   

You must have a BIG room!  :green:
Title: Re: I know prices are high for gear...but this is just CRAZY!!! 50K subwoofer
Post by: Early B. on 14 Dec 2023, 09:12 pm
You must have a BIG room!  :green:

Well, if I had $50K to spend on subwoofers, I could afford a bigger room!

At some point, even if you're wealthy, you gotta ask yourself -- "is this a waste of money?"
Title: Re: I know prices are high for gear...but this is just CRAZY!!! 50K subwoofer
Post by: vrao81 on 15 Dec 2023, 03:43 am

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=259680)

I'd rather have this triple stack



If we're doing triple stacks, I'd much rather have these -



(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=259668)


(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=259669)


Oh wait, I DO own them :P
Title: Re: I know prices are high for gear...but this is just CRAZY!!! 50K subwoofer
Post by: kmmd on 15 Dec 2023, 04:26 am
Only $50K?

How about a YG Acoustics Invincible 21.2 or you could squeak by with a 21.1?  They would mate perfectly to a pair of Sonja Ref 3’s.
Title: Re: I know prices are high for gear...but this is just CRAZY!!! 50K subwoofer
Post by: Tyson on 15 Dec 2023, 07:28 pm
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=259680)

I'd rather have this triple stack




Time for lunch!
Title: Re: I know prices are high for gear...but this is just CRAZY!!! 50K subwoofer
Post by: FullRangeMan on 15 Dec 2023, 07:35 pm
Wonder how the owners of these pale elephants will re-sell used these $50K hydrants?
Title: Re: I know prices are high for gear...but this is just CRAZY!!! 50K subwoofer
Post by: I.Greyhound Fan on 16 Dec 2023, 12:27 am
(https://rel.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/No32_TQ_Stack_stereo-transparent-e1660620974896-900x832.png)


REL calls their stacked array a 6-Pack, almost all their models can be stacked

6 No. 31's will cost $42,000

6 No. 32's with the 15" driver is $60,000

Looks like there is a market for these beasts, just not on this forum

I heard their REL stack at RMAF 3 years ago in the Boulder Audio room.  It was the best room at the show.
Title: Re: I know prices are high for gear...but this is just CRAZY!!! 50K subwoofer
Post by: studiotech on 16 Dec 2023, 06:05 pm

(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=259709)
I thought $5-10k for a single subwoofer was pricey...but oh no!!

Check out this McIntosh sub that will set you back $50k!!!!   :slap:

https://www.audioholics.com/subwoofer-reviews/mcintosh-ps2k

I'll pass!!

George

$50K and they can't get their XLR gender correct for the outputs.  How in the world did they mess that up?

(http://[img]https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=259708)
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Title: Re: I know prices are high for gear...but this is just CRAZY!!! 50K subwoofer
Post by: FullRangeMan on 16 Dec 2023, 09:14 pm
But it have a Mac on/off Logo switch that are what count for McIntosh fans.
Title: Re: I know prices are high for gear...but this is just CRAZY!!! 50K subwoofer
Post by: kgturner on 17 Dec 2023, 12:18 am
Ode to Mac

Blue meters glowing in the dark
Better than the little blue pill
Blue meters make my peter hard
Title: Re: I know prices are high for gear...but this is just CRAZY!!! 50K subwoofer
Post by: SET Man on 17 Dec 2023, 01:30 am
I thought $5-10k for a single subwoofer was pricey...but oh no!!

Check out this McIntosh sub that will set you back $50k!!!!   :slap:

https://www.audioholics.com/subwoofer-reviews/mcintosh-ps2k

I'll pass!!

George

Hey!

    Well, if you're one of those people with money that could easily afford those subs, than that wouldn't be crazy at all!

    I remembered telling my coworker who is a non audiophile that I just got a new cart for my turntable that cost $475, at first he thought I meant a whole new turntable. When I told him that is just for the cart, he look at me with a surprised face and then he asked me how much my turntable cost? I told him and he was totally shocked! :lol: And my turntable is not crazy expensive like those you see at the audio show reports.

   Anyway, talking about price... I do take comfort in the fact that I've heard some expensive systems that don't sound right to me and only a handful that actually sound great and worth the high price tag. Well, to each their own right?