Oppo Ceasing production

Well it's been heaven, but even rainbow's will end.

geoffkait - Oppo successfully nailed down the entry level and bang for the buck categories for many years.

And that's because their products and customer service perform better than entry level.

FYI, courtesy of RIAA:

http://www.riaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/RIAA-Year-End-2017-News-and-Notes.pdf

https://musicbusinessresearch.wordpress.com/2017/05/05/3340/

@david_ten

Thank you!

FWIW, "I’m so glad" my music of choice - Grateful Dead and "related configurations" - falls into a category not covered by the statistics in either of the articles - that would be "freely shared via peer-to-peer trading". :)

genesis777 - That's a shame...I bought a Sonica Dac and was quite impressed with it.

"Was", past tense? Just curious why your impression should change, when - IMO - it shouldn't.

trelja - I can't even imagine 200 high-end audio dealers existing today across all the brands.

Certain manufacturers, such as Oppo and Schiit, have already figured out that use of a dealer is often counter productive from a profitability perspective. This is the reason they sell direct to the end user/consumer. Win-win for both, and a big reason Oppo was successful.