Ok so lets really talk K-members here Folks

Personally I like the tube front ends, but there is no way I can justify the cost for what you get. I did a complete rebuild on mine and upgraded everything along the way. Is it perfect? No...Is it perfectly road-able? Hell-Yeah.

I agree with the "it's too expensive" camp. They have already done the R&D...the money is spent. They should price the component to get them a reasonable per-unit profit after all expenses, and amortize the R&D costs over a given number of units. Once that number is hit your profit margins go up and the price wasn't changed.