spotcheckbilly12345 wrote:
Absolutely true. The strange thing is, last night I posted the inflation adjustment but my post has gone "Poof!"
So, to reiterate:
I worked for a JBL dealer in the '70s, and JBL L100s retailed at $560 a pair as introduced in 1970.
$560 in 1970 adjusts to $3639.22 in 2018.
The $361 difference *might* be accounted for in costs of resurrecting an old design, procuring or remanufacturing essential parts, improvements on the old design, etc.
Here's the inflation calculator I used:
https://www.usinflationcalculator.com
Before you condemn the $4,000 price tag of the new L100's you should think about what a pair of L100's (or L100a's) cost in the mid-1970's and see what that works out to in today's dollars.
Absolutely true. The strange thing is, last night I posted the inflation adjustment but my post has gone "Poof!"
So, to reiterate:
I worked for a JBL dealer in the '70s, and JBL L100s retailed at $560 a pair as introduced in 1970.
$560 in 1970 adjusts to $3639.22 in 2018.
The $361 difference *might* be accounted for in costs of resurrecting an old design, procuring or remanufacturing essential parts, improvements on the old design, etc.
Here's the inflation calculator I used:
https://www.usinflationcalculator.com