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Amazon. What will happen when Amazon starts selling high end audio gear?

As of now, if you do a search for stereo audio gear on Amazon, all you find are really cheap oddball bits of gear.
Someday though, someone at Amazon will figure out they can do 'stores' for audio gear. (and other hobbies) and take over/destroy those markets.. Like they have Department Stores.
Do you think that day is coming soon? Or are audio markets so small Amazon will never bother?
Also it might depend on manufacturers being willing to use Amazon as a marketplace?
I personally am surprised Chinese manufacturers have not started using Amazon to sell more product in the USA.
What do you think?
elizabeth

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stevecham
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I note that you can buy "high end" phono cartridges on Amazon by Shure, Nagaoka, Audio Technica and others. The problem is that rarely do I see cartridges in brick and mortar stores anymore, and, as a result, have had to buy carts online from Music Direct, Audio Advisor, LP Gear,  Needle Doctor, or Wittsolutions via eBay for vintage cartridges. At least if the dedicated audio online retailers can stay in business, and continue supporting their customers, I don't see how Amazon will take a major stake in this for the foreseeable future.

But then, as I've been saying for years, eventually, unless retired (not in my vocabulary) we will all work for Unicorp. 
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