New Budget King from Lake District

[davidf]

There's nothing stopping them from sourcing it to other retailers though, after all they named it Fell Audio.

I'd expect them to keep it to themselves, at least until sales start letting up, then open it up to other retailers.

 

[Al ears]

I'd expect them to keep it to themselves, at least until sales start letting up, then open it up to other retailers.

Perhaps the only downfall with what they are doing is the limited way people can actually get to audition them unless they expect everyone to order online and return them if not satisfied. This could lead to a large amount of returned items stacking up in store which surely isn't going to do a lot for them economically.

 

[RTHerringbone]

Agreed. As far as I can tell, they have two physical stores in Cumbria and a third in Newcastle. None of these locations are remotely quick to visit for us Southerners. A minimum of a twelve hour round trip for me up to Carlisle or Newcastle.

Equally though, they may be expecting the bulk of units to sell to people who just want fancy kit without necessarily "knowing" what they're looking for sound-wise.

 

[Jasonovich]

I know this is a sales pitch but it puts things into context and there's more details about the product.
AV Forums has also done their review, a bit more down to earth, less euphorically than Peter Tyson's happy video

View: https://youtu.be/angUXKNkG7Y?si=6lluw7LVQVB3vkUR

View: https://youtu.be/IRqkRgTVYx0?si=icqEDZEde1IJ11oM

View: https://youtu.be/angUXKNkG7Y?si=6lluw7LVQVB3vkUR

 

[davidf]

Perhaps the only downfall with what they are doing is the limited way people can actually get to audition them unless they expect everyone to order online and return them if not satisfied. This could lead to a large amount of returned items stacking up in store which surely isn't going to do a lot for them economically.

It can be a limiting factor, but PT are all about online sales, so even though it's only available from one online store, they can cover the whole country. As I say, when sales start to slow, which they will (and that info will only be available to PT), they can then open it up to retailers to give things a boost.

 

[davidf]

Not quite, the Tyson family from Peter Tyson retailers have developed this brand. The two Tyson brothers developed and designed the amp over a 3 year period. So it's their own in-house brand as opposed to just being an exclusive distributor.

Playing Devil's Advocate here, but what do we know as solid facts? Promotional videos can say what they like, but there's a possibility these have been designed by an OEM company, or made by a company who produces their own audio equipment. These could have been produced under license to a third party company. We just down know. Audio engineers design hi-fi, what would a retailer know? Basics maybe, maybe a little more, who knows, maybe they're trained electrical engineers who know audio products inside out? But as owners of a large online sales website, I would be dubious. Maybe they had a say in how they wanted it to look, what they wanted it to do, which would fall under "design", maybe even "development"l I have a design for a pair of (what I feel could be) awesome speakers, but that doesn't mean they're going to sound any good - I'd need audio engineers to tell me that.

And technically, they are exclusive distributors, whether they keep it for themselves or not. And if they don't make the brand available to other retailers, they're also exclusive retailers. I don't really see this as any different to a retailer who takes on distribution of a hi-fi brand (something I'm against).