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<blockquote data-quote="Arik Semagin" data-source="post: 113804" data-attributes="member: 5072">Re: NAMMI think their price is a combination of many factors. I don&#039;t believe the R&amp;D and certification costs differ that much, it&#039;s rather size of market: installed sound versus portable. There&#039;s a lot less churches, clubs, etc. who will need KLA line arrays than mobile DJs who will buy K and KW series, so the cost of R&amp;D and manufacturing has to be spread over lesser number of units sold, what will drive costs up. Also, venues are different kind of customers than bands and DJs, they can spend more, hence able to afford higher priced systems. And even though QSC pushes mobile use of two KLA-12 tops on the stick over KLA-181 sub I never saw this setup on&nbsp; a gigs (only at Guitar Center demo room). Numbers speak: This setup would cost over $15K (one per side), while my six HPR-153i sounds as loud and even better, being 3-way, for under $4K.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arik Semagin, post: 113804, member: 5072"] Re: NAMM I think their price is a combination of many factors. I don't believe the R&D and certification costs differ that much, it's rather size of market: installed sound versus portable. There's a lot less churches, clubs, etc. who will need KLA line arrays than mobile DJs who will buy K and KW series, so the cost of R&D and manufacturing has to be spread over lesser number of units sold, what will drive costs up. Also, venues are different kind of customers than bands and DJs, they can spend more, hence able to afford higher priced systems. And even though QSC pushes mobile use of two KLA-12 tops on the stick over KLA-181 sub I never saw this setup on a gigs (only at Guitar Center demo room). Numbers speak: This setup would cost over $15K (one per side), while my six HPR-153i sounds as loud and even better, being 3-way, for under $4K. [/QUOTE]

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