<<Agreed. If it were me, I'd be talking to John Lewis>>

Actually they're already on sale in John Lewis - the store in Reading
has had the all-black version on show for several months - whenever I
go in there I turn it on and get something playing, as it doesn't seem
to get much attention from the staff. However they reckon they've sold
"loads". It's displayed in the computer part of the store (next to the
Macs), well away from the audio stuff - maybe a good choice given the
likely buyers?

The JL website also has them.

The guy in Reading Audio-T (where I bought my Aego Ms) was quite
interested in what I thought, but seemed to have enough problems
selling Sonos (or was it Roku?) systems and didn't seem to relish the
after-sales challenges of sorting out Slimserver install quirks.

The other big spectre in using Curry's / DSG for distribution is the
fate of the Psion Wavefinder, which whatever it's issues still has no
direct equivalent - in my view DSG were completely unable to sell and
support the thing. The only bright spot is that there should be some
pretty tasty discounts if and when DSG end up clearing their stock (I
did a very good deal on the remaining Wavefinders in my local Dixons
when they reached end of line).

Whatever - I wish you luck. At the end of the day the only hope of
volume sales in the UK is to distribute through DSG (and maybe Comet)
and if you can pull off the trick of getting them to understand how to
shift it without alienating all of the existing channels then you have
a great future. If nothing else I can see a marginally profitable
sideline in leaving my card at the local Currys offering to set systems
up with 30 mins training for £50 a time...


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