i hear sim audio amps are unreliable

Perfectcircle,

If you are going to make these claims as your first post here, then point us to where you have seen this mentioned. With that being your first post, and no evidence presented, I hope you can understand why this post might be interpreted as trolling.

And you owe it to the company in question to not make unsubstantiated claims that might affect their sales without some sort of proof.

Perfectcircle
I didn't ask any details as to why my dealer dropped the line. Also as far as I know he didn't have any problems with units not working. Again I really didn't care because I didn't care for the sound. He did replace the Sim line with Burmester which is more to my liking but not affordable for me.

Unsubstantiated claims from an unknown source. I agree with Elizabeth.

My local dealer has been carrying Sim for 20 years. If it was not reliable he would not still be selling it.

Yep..Sim breaks down all the time. Thats why their still in business 35 years later. Audiophiles only buy defective unreliable gear because they enjoy boxing up their components every month and shipping back to Sim. Hell, anytime I buy used gear I make sure a channel is out, the volume knob is broken, or a speaker binding post is missing. What a joy!!