PS Audio Revises Marketing to a Direct Sales Only Model


Discussion on the PS Audio Forum sponsored by PS Audio indicates that over the next 4 months PS Audio will be transitioning to a Direct Sales Only Model.  PS Audio CEO Paul McGowan acknowledged change was coming within the next four months.  Wish the best to PS Audio on the change.  I wonder what the impact will be on dealers currently holding new stock.  The thread on the PS Audio Forum is titled Is - PS Audio Going Direct Sale Only?
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With the misconstructions aside (i.e, Buyer getting stuck with shipping costs, etc.): my experience with PSA has always been that they treat their customers at a level that other high-end companies do not.  I currently own 2 of their power conditioning pieces and the Nuwave phono stage: 3 well made and high performing products.  

Product support has always been "Stellar," pardon the pun.  I had a PSA Delta 200 power amp.  One product never reviewed by the audio press, but a great piece non-the-less.  It came from the days when Paul McGowan had temporarily given up ownership, so those products had no connection to Paul.  

Well, the real story is this.  I desired a schematic for the Delta 200, in case it should need some service.  So I contacted PS audio, AND, they told me via e-mail that while they didn't have the schematic, they would draw a schematic for me that would be generally how the amp would have been designed and laid out.  That is the type of customer service and personal attention that so many others have experienced.  They're a company like no other.
I have a menswear retail store, and even though we are very small by comparison,  i have tried to emulate Paul and the customer service provided by PS.    I agree with the post above:  their support has been stellar.  Thiel was like that back in the day but sadly they are gone.

If a manufacturer is going to do this, then it is incumbent upon them to offer a take-back guarantee (perhaps with a reasonable restocking fee.)  The one advantage to the buyer is that the increased margin to the mfgr should allow this, and to the buyer, being able to actually "hear" the stuff in his/her own system should be worth a lot of moola.  Both win.  And for those that are willing to take the chance, the "used" gear offered without the guarantee at a lower price allow another option.