Have you ever wondered why speaker manufactures do not consign speakers to dealers?

Maybe they assume people who have the funds to buy high end audio gear might travel sometimes.   I know when I travel I tend to check out local high shops.   I’ve bought cars across the country, flown out and drove them home several times.    High shops are kinda dwindling down in smaller markets, blue tooth has killed the low end / midfi market 

I hate the traveling to demo but do not have any other choice.  

I would think a manufacture would have vette dealers that they could send them a few extra products for clients to try.

Great question and one that I also was wondering about.  When I was shopping for some expensive speakers recently, I couldn’t find any place to hear them. I called every dealer within several hours driving distance. Dealers whio carried the brand (KEF) told me they only could afford to stock a very limited selection of high end models.  Can’t really blame the dealers. The investment to carry a wide selection of high end equipment is pretty big. I called the US distributor and asked how they could sell the speakers whien they weren’t available to audition.  No satisfactory answer.   You would think that consigning speakers or temporarily lending speakers to dealers is clearly  in the manufactures’ interests since it obviously would promote sales. In the end, I bought KEF Reference 5 speakers but, because no one within several hundred miles stocked them,  I didn’t I hear them until they were delivered (i based my decision on hearing the KEF Reference 3 which has many similarities).  . 

It costs $$$   Two dealers local to me do a pretty good job of showcasing some pretty nice speakers...  Audio Visual Therapy in Nashua and Natural Sound in Framingham.  They have some  pretty expensive speakers on display for demo.   And if you want really insane speaker systems visit Goodwins High End in Waltham MA