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<blockquote data-quote="sundownz" data-source="post: 8469585" data-attributes="member: 549523">We have an entirely new 2016 price sheet for all dealers &amp;amp; distributors -- this is a permanent change and not some sort of &quot;gouging&quot; technique for tax refunds season.The NS v.3 10&quot; was $829 last year and $859.99 this year -- the $1075 is MSRP (which OUR web-site now displays rather than MAP -- online dealers, of course, are still listing MAP).MAP has changed the most on items towards the high-end.You will note as you get towards the middle / mid-high-end changes in price are minor -- and some are lower; SA series went down from 2015 on the 8/10/12 sizes, Z v.3 went down, Z v.4 &amp;amp; X v.2 are the same within 10 bucks other than units equipped with our new 18&quot; frame, etc, etc.Any item with the NEW 18&quot; frame did change the most of any sub-woofer product. I re-did all of my math on those &amp;amp; they were under-priced compared to where they needed to be.The TEAM series and the 6000D/7500D amps are the only items that changed what I&#039;d consider a substantial amount on the MAP side otherwise.There are many reasons for issuing new pricing -- not the least of which being a ~5% jump in FedEx rates for 2016 (small package &amp;amp; freight) as the majority of our business is shipped for &quot;free&quot; (e.g. we pay for it) to dealers &amp;amp; distributors placing big orders. Around 5% of the total GROSS sales we make goes to &quot;free&quot; shipping. In some cases I&#039;ve managed to get my costs DOWN such as with the SA-8/10/12 drivers so I was able to pass that on. It works both ways.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sundownz, post: 8469585, member: 549523"] We have an entirely new 2016 price sheet for all dealers & distributors -- this is a permanent change and not some sort of "gouging" technique for tax refunds season. The NS v.3 10" was $829 last year and $859.99 this year -- [B]the $1075 is MSRP[/B] (which OUR web-site now displays rather than MAP -- online dealers, of course, are still listing MAP). MAP has changed the most on items towards the high-end. You will note as you get towards the middle / mid-high-end changes in price are minor -- and some are lower; SA series went down from 2015 on the 8/10/12 sizes, Z v.3 went down, Z v.4 & X v.2 are the same within 10 bucks other than units equipped with our new 18" frame, etc, etc. Any item with the [B]NEW 18" frame[/B] did change the most of any sub-woofer product. I re-did all of my math on those & they were under-priced compared to where they needed to be. The TEAM series and the 6000D/7500D amps are the only items that changed what I'd consider a substantial amount on the MAP side otherwise. There are many reasons for issuing new pricing -- not the least of which being a ~5% jump in FedEx rates for 2016 (small package & freight) as the majority of our business is shipped for "free" (e.g. we pay for it) to dealers & distributors placing big orders. Around 5% of the total GROSS sales we make goes to "free" shipping. In some cases I've managed to get my costs DOWN such as with the SA-8/10/12 drivers so I was able to pass that on. It works both ways. [/QUOTE]

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