The thing is, even the performance comes close, injection molded plastics won't have the same characteristics of the tuned fiberglass body with the tuned filling material.
Also, to be able to create the same crossovers in the digital domain, you'd have to go pretty high end again, because, passing through a single DAC at the end of the chain is not same as a DAC -> ADC -> Crossover -> DAC chain at the end of the day.
All in all, you'll come pretty close but you won't be able to create the exact same device at the end. Also, some stuff's (like good drivers built in small numbers) price doesn't come down that easily.
Yes, dedication and tuning of a special room with 8x 500W mono amplifiers requires a hefty sum and these speakers are may not be expensive when all the price is factored in, but throwing in modern plastics and a couple of DSPs cannot replicate all that, all the time.
Also, to be able to create the same crossovers in the digital domain, you'd have to go pretty high end again, because, passing through a single DAC at the end of the chain is not same as a DAC -> ADC -> Crossover -> DAC chain at the end of the day.
All in all, you'll come pretty close but you won't be able to create the exact same device at the end. Also, some stuff's (like good drivers built in small numbers) price doesn't come down that easily.
Yes, dedication and tuning of a special room with 8x 500W mono amplifiers requires a hefty sum and these speakers are may not be expensive when all the price is factored in, but throwing in modern plastics and a couple of DSPs cannot replicate all that, all the time.