[Need Some Input - Did I get Duped?]

55 minutes ago, Curious_George said:

Did you get screwed? No, but perhaps as others said, communications were not clear on both sides. Below is a break down of prices. The price of these items may be less for the builder, since I assume they buy in quantity for most parts. However, let's assume the prices below are somewhat accurate. 

 

Price Break Down: (Parts Express Prices)

 

Inductors

Erse 1.5mH coils - $35.89 x 2 = $71.78

Generic 2.2mH coils - $20.00 x 2 = $40.00

 

Resistors

$1.50 x 6 = $9.00

 

Caps

Erse 47uF/100V: $1.49 x 2 = $2.98

Dayton 8.2uF - $3.59 x 2 = $7.18

Dayton 27uF - $9.29 x 2 = $18.58

 

Barrier strips - $3.00 x 2 = $6.00

 

Wood = $20

 

Total

Parts - $175.52

Labor - $124.48, 6 hours / $20 hour

 

If anything, you got a bargain to have someone build you crossovers at $20 / hour much less an established small business in the audio community. 

 

Whenever I build something for somebody (which is not too often because then my hobby becomes "work" and it is difficult to justify the cost of "my time") the hardest part is trying to determine a cost for my knowledge / labor. 

I agree entirely. 
 

and to those saying that Crites advertises sonic caps.  They do. For THEIR crossovers 

[What's more important, Amp or Pre-amp in a 2 channel tube system]

I don’t think highly of the importance of Amps, personally, provided they produce enough current.  My main rig is a pair of linkwitz Orion’s (about $3k worth of parts) and I’m powering it w a whole house sonamp thing I got at a pawn shop for less than $200. Preamp on the other hand has been more important for me.  I’ve gone through about one a year for the last 8 years and had the occasion to hear quite a few more.  I’ve never heard an amp and thought ‘holy crap that makes all the difference’.  I have heard a Nelson Pass preamp and said that (also an Apt Holman at a very different price point)