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You're Paying for the Wrong Part of the Speaker

Posted 2026-09-23 by Elise Marceau

After seven years of tracking audio gear spend, I stopped buying on brand badge and started buying on amp headroom, return routing, and cost per driven channel. Here's the math behind that shift.

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