Maybe I suffer from a case of terminal stupidity, but every time I read another review of a North American Hi-Fi product (being sold for almost double its US Selling Price) in Europe, I expect to see it unequivocally bashed as being overpriced... Yet somehow that just doesn't happen...

Products from Krell, Revel (Performa and Ultima Lines), Martin Logan, Parasound and even Japanese Brands (Marantz and to a lesser extent Rotel) sell for substantially more in the UK...

For example, the Krell S300i sells for 2,500 USD in North America, but goes for a whopping 2,400 GBP in the UK... So in the US it is priced approximately the same as the Naim Nait XS, while in the UK it is priced to compete with the Supernait (2,450 USD and 4,450 USD respectively in the US)... In North America it is raved about in reviews... Over in the UK it is raved about in reviews... WTF??? Shouldn't the fact that it is severely overpriced, cause it to fumble when compared to the local competition???

Revel's Performa M22 retails for about 1,700 GBP in the UK (same price as the Monitor Audio GS20)... while in the US it goes for 2,000 USD, whereas the GS20 goes for 3,200 USD... WHAT???

Is Hi-Fi pricing so damned arbitrary at certain levels, that a product could sell for double its retail price and still be competitive???