3 best 10k speakers now imho

I owned an Audio store for 8 years in the U.K i state the facts 
the mojorityof speakers have a minimum of a $40% markup 
some even more .  The 3 speakers you picket are solid but everyone has different taste and type of speaker.i have been in audio over 35 years and have had systems approaching 6 figures .
enjoy what you have .

@audiotroy ". . companies have spent about $4 million dollars in research and development and it shows in the advanced driver technology employed by these large companies. ."

Thanks, Dave. Retail outlets such as yours and Brooks are appreciated. We need a place to listen and give Sound advice. Pun intended.

The a Sonus Faber Olympia-3 can bebought foraround $10k is verygood sounding and probably the nicest looking. The Focal Sopra another great
speaker close to the $10k mark with discounts.

Audioman58,  your point about markup is just stupid. 

How much a products profit is nearly immaterial in running a business.

Profit isn't measured in just the difference between wholesale price and retail sales amount, it is measured in your business total costs  subtracting the products cost, which then equils what you actually make.

You miss out on store rent, electricity, credit card processing fees, staff costs, insurance, cost of the demo product, breakage, theft, internet costs, advertising costs, shipping costs. etc.

I don't know of a single store owner who is actually wealthy from selling high end audio, do you?

The real profit from most stores is in the range of 10-20% after you factor in all of the above. Most reatailors survive on custom installation jobs which are generally much more profitable and for larger dollars then most high end audio sales. 

Hence the lack of brick and mortar stores vs internet warehouse operations which generally have lower costs. 

You really need to paint the total picture. 

If high end audio was that profitable there would be a lot more stores not way less.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ

Dave, I don't think audioman58 said what you apparently think he said.