Is Martin Logan goin to Big Box stores?

I have a friend who's husband is a best buy manager, and he tells me high end is coming to Best Buy. I forget which brands, but they were some of the big, established high-end approved brands. What I think that means is that a lot of high end manufacturers will sell a lot more stuff, become more successful, more people will have access to equipment they never heard of and get better systems, and the audiophiles will proclaim "Martin Logan is the new Bose" (I actually think there is some truth to this - both product lines have, to my ear, a similar upper mid range prominence). I'm sure we'll find some way to turn this into bad news, just to keep our status as superior high-end snobs

they are in a best buy-owned chain called "magnolia" as are several large hi end brands. when best buy 'started out'in minneapolis they were called 'the sound of music' as they were a single stereo shop that featured hi end brands....'cizek' anyone?.

There are also now being sold in Best Buy stores that have a Magnolia home theater section. Ultimate Audio, which is part of the Tweeter group is also retailing M/L these days.
Most of what they stock is the aimed at the HT marketing. Smaller M/L and on-wall models.

The new cheap line of ML products is well represented in Tweeter and Magnolia. The line sucks but has the ML logo and fits nicely on the wall. On a store-by-store basis some are able to carry the higher end products. While some individual stores do have staf with teh appropriate background to sell the higher end line most do not. These stores often end up selling the Aeon or Ascent along with a Denon receiver (which promptly blows up or shuts down).

Other manufacturers have in the past, and are doing the same now. Coast on name recognition into mediocrity. Strike while the iron is hot and cash in on your success now audio manufacturers. Quality what?

Very sad. I cant blame them though money talks.