Yes I agree. I like supporting both ARC and Devore. There are additional costs in supporting these U.S. businesses which rely on traditional HiFi dealer shops. I understand that the direct to consumer manufacturers allow for higher quality product at a lower price but there are costs involved which are hard to put a price on, such as not having local HiFi shops to go listen to new product. I'm sure direct to consumer product allows you to test product in your own listening room with free returns but I enjoy having a local dealer. I wish I had even more local dealers which carried more manufacturers. But I've also owned product from Schiit and like what GR Research is doing with product testing and upgrading. Hopefully we can find a balance. I remember buying a lot of CD/DVDs from CDNow, Amazon and DVDEmpire and now I miss going to Tower Records!
