Quote Originally Posted by Florian
Sorry my friend. But every single dealer i bought equipment from (real stuff, no cheap ****) loved the products they sell. They only carry one brand too.

Then maybe you have a good dealer...Like I said you don;t have to AGREE with them - but if I were selling audio gear I would have to sell what I believed in. My dealer sells lots of stuff that they themeselves wouldn't want to own adn don;t own and some they don;t even like - but it's a business and you have to sell what the market demands at least a bit. Soundhounds finally has a home theater room - they have resisted for a LONG time but they have a dedicated converted room. Sometimes you as a businessman have to make compromises - there is a super high end dealer in ancouver that has picked up Bose another admiited to me they would love to carry B&O that a competitor had the rights to. Not because it's any good but because most people demand style over quality. Serge a terrific dealer at Commercial Electronics was given free trips and serf borads from B&O as selling more B&O than anyone in the country or was it anywhere.

He always told people straight out that it wasn;t nearly as good sounding as much of what they carried - but that they fit a look etc blah blah enter sales pitch -- but he was honest and it worked. You learn not to sell - customers rarely ask good dealers what they would buy.

Terry at Soundhounds has said - very few people want advice -- they have picked out their speaker from the magazine --- and have read piles of reviews and phone up to see if they carry model X come down listen for several minutes and buy. Very few bother to spend several hours listening or make a few trips. For people like myself who set up an appointment to listen to a list of speakers - they added one to my list(I bothered to ask - please add one you like that I may not be familiar with). Then I get to hear a product that the people listening to gear day in day out for 20-30 years like - gee maybe they have been down the road - maybe they are themselves audiophiles not just salesman.

My dealer carries so much stuff that it really doesn't matter to them what you buy. Bob Neill could carry more "appealing" speakers and equipment and easier to sell stuff. I like to post Soundhounds because they're a terrific no hard sell dealer.

I should just tell people to do what Steven Rochlin says "what's important is that you .....enjoy the music."