What’s up with Audioscape’s prices lately?

Here in the UK they're more expensive than ever!

I am glad someone else is noticing this and mentioning it.....

I, too, bought several pieces for about 25% (sometimes even more) than what they are selling for now. Factor in inflation since I purchased them and it's probably closer to 30%. Sales are a part of business and I understand why they are necessary but when things are on sale every week, it's effectively a price drop.

Besides the never good feeling that you overpaid for something, it does make a current owner ask the question "If they are still able to have a margin @ 25% off usual prices, how much of what I paid went into the build of the unit itself?"

Also, if you base your livelihood off of audio engineering and look at any gear purchase as a business asset/investment, there is always the possibility of having to sell something one day. Seeing a manufacturer significantly devaluing their own product makes one hesitant to purchase more of their products.

As I said in another thread the other day, I am interested in their 33609, but knowing their sales practices, I am extremely hesitant to purchase one.

It's an example of why in economics it is said that deflation can be more detrimental to an economy than inflation....

It seems to be almost across the board.

I think they are a good company, so it's not about giving anyone a hard time but sharing feedback as a consumer. 

On one hand, it's great. I’ll be able to afford more of their gear, and others can try out some nice analog stuff.

On the other hand, while gear isn’t an investment, it’s still parked money that you hope won’t lose too much value when you sell it years down the line. If you’re keeping it forever, that’s fine. But many of us buy and sell gear when we’re chasing a different sound. This potential loss can make you lean toward the more expensive brands.

At the same time, I hate that some gear, like the Distressor, hasn’t dropped in price after almost 30 years. I’d love to have eight of them. Looking at the circuit, I’m sure the BOM is pretty low. But at least you know you won’t take a huge loss selling a used Distressor.

while there‘s a lot to criticize stam audio, his pricing is excellent. early buyer get a great pre-order price and than prices do increase. so yeah, you will wait a long time for it but once you receive it and want to re-sell, you would get more money than you paid for. and because people often don‘t want to wait to much for stam gear, used and available stam gear has high price.

Yeah, didn't say the end is near, said we are in the terminal phase of a monetary experiment, a bit different although for many it may feel like the end. Maybe I'm the dumbest person to post on this board (I don't post often). Anyhow, I agree with the insanely saturated world of not just the clone market but most things. It's just where we are.

"disposable" income -- I love how they refer to it.

If you're selling direct to consumer, with little to no marketing budget, word of mouth via sales/price drops is your main tactic for moving the needle.

Yeah the problem like typical economic statistics is they don’t show WHO is making those gains. The overal wealth growth at the top income levels infers that the disposable income growth is probably also concentrated at the top.
in other words overall in broad view yeah there is growth in disposable income, for the top 1-5 percent. The interesting thing would be to see a breakdown at various income levels, nobody wants to see it because based on what most are saying growth at the top are seeing that growth at the expense of the rest.

Households with the highest income represent the minority of US households .

This should imply that aggregated disposable income data would tend to be more representative of the non high income group as they represent the clear majority.

I agree that weighted personal income change by broad income levels would be most revealing, but I think the household data still tells a story?

In effect, the highest income households in the states are outliers: valid data but not typically representative as they are atypical.