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Per Stereophile, Dynaudio is exiting US in Fall 2026.
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Dynaudio exiting US.
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analogonly
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How un-American--giving up profit for principle (USian here].
okay, but way overpriced for what they offered, and not innovative.
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Not much of a loss as a product offering in my opinion, but not a fan of losing brands.
'North American Market' includes Canada. No mention in the press release of 'invasions' just something the Stereophile writer made up. Plus ca change there.
They'll be stopping it because it's losing them money and there's no sign of that turning around.
They'll be stopping it because it's losing them money and there's no sign of that turning around.
Yes, I just repeated it cos I thought that was a funny way of seeing things.
Outside of the so called ''nomad'' gear, the hifi business doesn't seem to be flourishing.
PristineSound
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I think the HiFi business is being squeezed at all corners.
Consumers wanting a better value.
Global trade war.
Chinese manufacturers squeezing every penny of efficiency out of their factories selling for dirt cheap because making a profit of 5% is better than no profit.
Young people can't afford to move into homes, so they are resorting to personal audio.
In a way it's a great time to be in audio because it's more affordable than ever.
But it's a not a great time for manufacturers.
Makes me sad but not too surprised. I loved dynaudio for most of my life. I bought a pair of contour 1.8II in the 90s in college. They followed me around for 25+ years, some of them rough: thrown up on by a drunk girl at a party, played at really high volumes for hours, and transported without boxes through many moves. They never had issues and were still beautiful and sounded fantastic when I sold them for cheap a few years ago. I have had confidence c4s for about a decade now, maybe not state of the art measurements wise, but not terrible. They are however truly well crafted fine furniture, sound great to me, and play very loud. Expensive but quality of build is commensurate IMHO. They are 20 years old and no issues ever either.
I think they just got too expensive and tried to embrace modern designs in the last decade or so. The legacy/heritage speakers seemed built to their old ethos but just too expensive. I don't know anyone personally buying small floor standers at 15k or whatever they are. Cheap and cheaper speakers have gotten so much better over the last decade, i get it the performance is not compelling at the price points. To me the sound better than the graphs might suggest and build quality for many of their lines is a step above competitors.
I think they just got too expensive and tried to embrace modern designs in the last decade or so. The legacy/heritage speakers seemed built to their old ethos but just too expensive. I don't know anyone personally buying small floor standers at 15k or whatever they are. Cheap and cheaper speakers have gotten so much better over the last decade, i get it the performance is not compelling at the price points. To me the sound better than the graphs might suggest and build quality for many of their lines is a step above competitors.
It's even worse than that, some chinese manufacturers are actually subsidized by the chinese state to sell at a loss to destroy the western industrial sector. I'd love it to be just a conspiracy theory but they're not even hiding it.
PristineSound
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I don't get into politics.
But I am more curious to know if it's the young people with their headphones the biggest killer for manufacturers of loudspeaker setups. Or is it the trade war.
So when the entire WEstern side is bankrupt , who will buy their wares???..
Perpetual movement-style .. They, themselves are left to buy their wares ?
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I was never a fan of their sound from the models I'd heard over the years, and felt they were especially poor value for $. So, not real surprised at this development. There's just too many good (better?) choices for far less $ today, and betting on brand name loyalty only goes so far. It is unfortunate in terms of legacy brands being pushed out, but market forces wait for no one. You compete or die. I suppose the argument could be made about fair competition and all that too.
Many countries subsidize their industries. New about it is that it's bad when the competition does it and necessary when we do it. Trade war 101.
