1) Importers and retailers all adding their profit margin
2) It's extremely high quality product - very pure electronic engineering
I bough a P7100 off the brochure last year. Couldn't get to hear one. The unit weighted in at 124 pound and is twice as large as it looked in the brochure. Quality amazing. Performance amazing. Sound amazing.
I looked at MacIntosh. Strange output transformer device circa 1960's thinking. Makes the output stage cheaper to build.
Accuphase are in a different league. Parts made in China? Japan produce many electronic components, many never leave Japan.
2) It's extremely high quality product - very pure electronic engineering
I bough a P7100 off the brochure last year. Couldn't get to hear one. The unit weighted in at 124 pound and is twice as large as it looked in the brochure. Quality amazing. Performance amazing. Sound amazing.
I looked at MacIntosh. Strange output transformer device circa 1960's thinking. Makes the output stage cheaper to build.
Accuphase are in a different league. Parts made in China? Japan produce many electronic components, many never leave Japan.