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A Former FTC Economist Quit His Job to Prove ‘Audiophile’ Speaker Brands Are Milking You for $20,000

Summary by headphonesty.com
If you’ve bought premium speakers in the last decade, this applies to you. Premium loudspeakers often sell on the promise of proprietary engineering, rare materials, and brand-specific know-how. But when a former Federal Trade Commission economist looked at the same market, he saw something less mysterious. It turns out, many of the drivers inside expensive speakers come from the same small group of OEM factories, even when the finished products…
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headphonesty.com broke the news on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
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