I was told that they have a new owner by their head of sales in a conversation earlier today.
Legacy Audio has a new owner
I don’t know who it is. But I just tried to order another sub direct from the factory. I have been buying from them this way for many years. In fact I just bought a Foundation Subwoofer and a pair of Studio HD for surround speakers within the last couple months. A nice discount was always part if the deal. I live a few hours by car from the factory and would pick them up on my way to visit a friend in St. Louis so no freight charges. Anyway, I just tried to order another sub. Nope. All sales now must go through the dealer network at full list plus freight etc.
No surprise I guess. The dealers must have been pissed. Unfortunately this takes the price to about $1,500 more than I paid a couple months ago. I’m out on that. I will make do with one sub.
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No not a dealbreaker for me. I just need to get over the fact that things will cost more buying through a dealer. And as pointed out above by @shooter41 there’s sure to be dealers that will discount to some level. I just need to do the legwork. None of this is a big surprise really. Bill Duddleson, the founder and principal owner is getting older now. He’s been at it a long time. And frankly, I always wondered how long the dealer network would stand for being undercut on price by the factory selling direct. I’ve benefited greatly by this over the years though. |