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Yep, the SS-025 is a great amp & packs a wallop. Hans Ole Vitus said he actually prefers the sound of that amp to the SS-102 with the big Magico M6's. 

The point I was making is, Vitus don't really need to advertise that amp. It will sell from word of mouth amongst their loyal customers.

Taters, the next amps I’m buying will be the Vitus SS-025 power amp & Vitus SL-102 preamp. You won’t even find the SS-025 on Vitus’s website. They just casually put it up on their FB page & took it to Munich. I think there is a video floating around on AVShowrooms.

I’ve been burnt with 2nd hand gear before, so I prefer to buy new gear these days. I don’t have kids or a mortgage, so I can afford to. With that said my next amps will retail around $53kUS, so the answer is yes there are buyers for esoteric gear. Though i’ve found with few exceptions the companies with the most integrity don’t take out full page ads in glossy audio mags. Their products do the talking for them. Besides that, the best advertising is word of mouth.

Oregon, Dealers who sell at full retail wouldn’t survive in this climate. The better Dealers look after their regular customers, but if some Manufacturer was offering discounts that high, that would be an immediate red flag for me. I can think of some shonky ones, but will not be drawn into a flame war by naming or shaming them here. The bottom line: you generally get what you pay for if you have a keen eye (and ear) for quality.