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have you ever bought stereo without listening first

I just placed a down payment for a Belles Virtuoso 200wpc amp. Its not in their website, I believe is a new model just put in production. Following Audio Connection,John Rutan's recommendation and pairing it up with an Audible Illusion M3A preamp and Vandys speakers. I believe its going to be a good combo, but has anyone listen to this amp?
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glupson
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"The fact of the matter is high end stores may be accessible in big cities but high end components never are."

What do they sell in high end stores then?

"Is there anyone here lives within driving distance of being able to hear a Raven, Onkk Cue, Schroeder, or Herron?"
For whatever reason, it seems that none of these mentions dealers on their website. If they have no dealers, they are not making it easy to drive to hear them. Is that some marketing bait strategy? Inability to find a dealer willing to represent them? Something else?
glupson
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Unexpected. So many responses in the "did not hear it first" camp. I thought it would be just the opposite.

I bought only one pair of speakers hearing them first, and that was by chance. Heard them, liked them, bought them. Everything else was based on looks and features, I guess.
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