Quote Originally Posted by 1audiohack View Post
If you have ever done any thorough speaker testing it becomes apparent that there are probably a hundred things that can go wrong in trying to knock off a cone kit exactly. Think about the paper science itself.

If someone does it right, the success will not have come easily and don't be suprized that the cost may be even higher than the JBL kits.
I agree that R&D was a very serious endeavour at JBL, but today this is done and one only has to replicate, like Lee said, it's mass produced and not that hard to make.

Proof is they're making it already, maybe they're not as spec, but the work of building them is the same.