More potential bad news for some big names...

If you've been to an audio show (like the one in the DC area a couple of weeks ago), this shouldn't be a surprise.

Companies, especially dealers contributed to the decline of the audio industry. Dealers most of them don’t have the interest to entertain young people to get into this hobby. They want money right away, you have to plant to harvest.Online stores are good for experience audiophile not for newbie .Yes pricing contributed too.

Corelli I agree with you. Marantz SA 10 and Ruby sacd players will show they are not mass produced and they are well built and design. They sound amazing too.Only problem Marantz don’t have support post warranty.Now that Ken is gone , probably they won’t be as good.This 2 units belong to hi end category. Maybe the one that was reviewed is not.

@mahler123

Apple makes more money on Ear Buds than the entire commercial speaker market.

Is this true or were you illiterating our senescence and encouraging obsolescence?

Just maybe high end hifi will make a come back as, despite the apple watch, the luxury watch world has life anew.

The tonic of music is a given. There’s that too.

Often I see a very nice car inside a mall, airport or store. Imagine if audio displays were scattered about in such a way. Once music is heard in such an indelible way the hook goes in.

As long as our ears remain "analog" we will need good speakers and amps to move air around (and the cables to connect them).

This audio thing is a moving target.  Those manfacturers who put their fingers on the pulse and fully resonant with the end user will be okay.  Unless, of course, they do something incredible stupid.  Which could happen.

Going to be interesting to see what happens.  Hope the legacy brands stick around for a couple of more decades, or until to break my neck on my 90th birthday -- pole vaulting.  Which ever comes first.