Enough is Enough

In many decades, I have been at a couple of dealers that were any good. Most of them will tell you that their stuff is the best, even here on agon. 
I attend shows and when I find something I like, I will bring it home along with others to audition them in my room and in my system. Most manufacturers/online dealers/local dealers will give you up to 30 days return policy. My buddy brought in many dacs a few years ago and for weeks we did many eval sessions. He bought 1 and returned the others.

I will never ask a dealer for their recommendation because I know what they will say. You need to trust your own ears and audition a component in your system in your room

@ricred1 

Well I went onto your profile and had a look at your system. If your dealer think it sucks then I think they might have to invent some new words to describe mine.

I wish I had a system as wonderful as  yours. Maybe mention the name of this trash delaer on this forum. They deserve to be shamed! Then find a new dealer.

yeah, his system is like a million bucks! Nothing I can and will ever dream of 

Sorry for any misunderstanding, but I didn’t ask for the dealers opinion about my system. I let my wife’s ears(she hears better than me and is honest about what she hears), my ears, and how much I want to spend determine what to purchase. I usually listen to components in my system, but the dealer I usually buy from only carries DCS and Chord. DCS doesn’t work in my system, based on my preference. A friend recommended I try to get a home audition for the Ideon ION DAC. That’s why I reached out to this particular dealer.

I won’t post the dealers name, because there’s no value in it to me. I honestly posted my experience to highlight how some dealers behave. My hope is "we" all learn to use our own ears to decide what to purchase and not be shamed for not owning what some dealer says we should own.

Slightly off topic, but related. I had a tv calibrator who I had used twice before refuse to calibrate my projector because I was using a Yamaha surround processor and amp. Related to that, I was in the market to replace my front main speakers and another dealer told me that my Yamaha gear was garbage and that I needed to change out my hardware.