[Bret L]

On Apr 23, 9:00*am, John Stone wrote:
On 4/23/10 6:35 AM, in article
, "Shhhh!
I'm Listening to Reason!" wrote:

On Apr 23, 6:21*am, John Stone wrote:

Obviously he doesn't have a clue. He thinks Dick Pierce or Joe d'Appolito
will do crossover consulting work for $500. You can multiply that figure by
8-10X. He also leaves out the costs of crossovers, input terminals, wire,
fasteners, variovents, damping material, grille, documentation. Then there's
the little matter of shipping cartons and packing material. And never mind
the labor involved in assembly and testing. Given the cabinet design,
overall BOM costs on these has to be over $600, so I don't see these as
overpriced in the context of BOM cost to MSRP ratio. The simple question-to
be answered by the customer- is whether or not the design choices are
desirable at that price.

DO NOT argue with Bratzi. Someone more powerful than God is on his
side: der Fuhrer.

I guess that would explain why his cost analysis closely tracks with that of
a '39 Volkswagen.

The VW was designed under fiat (as opposed to FIAT, that would have
been Mussolini) from the German government and Party and was indeed
not purely market driven. It was overengineered in many ways which
made it possible to nearly double the engine displacement and triple
the horsepower of the engine over its manufacturing life which was
over 60 years. It was built out of top quality materials and was
designed for a longer economic life than the market would have
demanded. In that respect it was like a Western Electric phone.

If you have ever driven a DAF Daffodil, a Citroen Dyane or a DKW you
will understand the genius of Ferdinand Porsche, as well as an inkling
that Hitler might have been a terrible man but even the terrible have
their good points. With the Volkswagen, Hitler genuinely wanted to
benefit the German people.