Brian Cheney explains this pricing phenomenon on his high end loudspeaker website. For some of the most expensive items in high end audio, THE PRICE IS THE PRODUCT. I'm sure that more than a few of those Tak outfits go to oil sheiks and the like that are buying some exclusivity that hardly anybody else can afford. When you are ripping off your country to the order of a few hundred million a year, what is a piddling scope that costs a mere low 6-figure amount? The reason you build a reputation at the high end of the market is so you can set your own price. It's about maximizing profits instead of a cost/benefit ratio to the consumer.
If you want a scope that shows more detail than an 8" TEC, you will have to launch it into orbit to get rid of atmospheric disturbance or put it on a mountain top. Rolando is vcery correct about one thing, the building to house such scopes can exceed the scope cost by several times, so the scope pricing is a minor concern in that case.
If you want a scope that shows more detail than an 8" TEC, you will have to launch it into orbit to get rid of atmospheric disturbance or put it on a mountain top. Rolando is vcery correct about one thing, the building to house such scopes can exceed the scope cost by several times, so the scope pricing is a minor concern in that case.
