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RE: According to a local dealer, manufacturers must all be geniuses

I don't know what to tell you, except most dealers tend to have auditioned a number of componnets from a number of makers and usually have a lineup of price/performance points for anyone coming into the store. You won't hear soemthing out of step since all the "it's good but not as good as the price would have you think" isn't in the store since they weeded those out.

I will also point out that what makes an audio component sound good is understood enough that manufacturers make few mis-steps (at least the experienced ones) in price vs performance within their line, and usually compared to others.

I think the price steps and performance steps themselves might be up for debate as how steeply prices rise for performance increases (when nobody has made a mistake), and the high price of caseworks or other features some may not care for are still baked into the price ... but most experienced dealers have usually figured out what they think gives their customers choice and value and weeded out any poor choices.

(And of course, if there are no margins in some components for them, I don't blame them for not carrying said widget. They want to be paid).


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