I thought we should have a seperate thread from "breaking into the high end with speakers.."
I think the most significant effect on deep bass is the room, not whether its a floor stander or stand mounted speaker.
Which is a huge extra lot of design work. Extra bracing, more structural rigidity required more cost, having to source the right driver, crossover etc. Not as simple as one would hope. And of course all the extra costs then get multiplied up for us the consumer. And from a product placement perspective - just looking at cost - the company may have wanted to sell a speaker in the £3000 segment but are now trying to sell a £4000 one. Not to mention more expensive so less units sold = higher margin so even more expensive.
Designing a stand is a relatively cheaper option.
I think the most significant effect on deep bass is the room, not whether its a floor stander or stand mounted speaker.
.. but imagine if the vertical elements of the enclosure were extended down to the floor, with perhaps a second 8" driver (or whatever the designer found best), surely its bass would be even better - perhaps recovering much of that lost lowest octave. This would create an even better looking speaker and save the $3600 stand cost. Put this towards the taller encloseure and additional driver and I doubt they'd be out of pocket! Peter
Which is a huge extra lot of design work. Extra bracing, more structural rigidity required more cost, having to source the right driver, crossover etc. Not as simple as one would hope. And of course all the extra costs then get multiplied up for us the consumer. And from a product placement perspective - just looking at cost - the company may have wanted to sell a speaker in the £3000 segment but are now trying to sell a £4000 one. Not to mention more expensive so less units sold = higher margin so even more expensive.
Designing a stand is a relatively cheaper option.