I was wondering exactly the same thing about roofing contractors. Why is it that you hire them and they give you a ten year guarantee and then they have disolved in two years and formed a new company....?
Perhaps the barriers to entry are too low and competition too fierce and the high end customers a fickle lot which chase the latest marketing hype. Perhaps high end audio has overshot the mainstream customer (cheap systems, even the dreaded Bose, are on the whole pretty darn good). Dunno...good question, as I sit here in Houston airport there is not a single Audio magazine available at the newstands.....but tons of stuff on home improvement, cars,fitness, PC's, self-help, hollywood celebs and regular newsmagazines. Fergilicious was on the cover of one magazine....mmmh hard for a black or gold amplifier face plate to compete with that!!!
Perhaps the barriers to entry are too low and competition too fierce and the high end customers a fickle lot which chase the latest marketing hype. Perhaps high end audio has overshot the mainstream customer (cheap systems, even the dreaded Bose, are on the whole pretty darn good). Dunno...good question, as I sit here in Houston airport there is not a single Audio magazine available at the newstands.....but tons of stuff on home improvement, cars,fitness, PC's, self-help, hollywood celebs and regular newsmagazines. Fergilicious was on the cover of one magazine....mmmh hard for a black or gold amplifier face plate to compete with that!!!