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Unfortunately, maybe the reality is they're realizing there's actually just not enough $$$ to be made in this bizz (to satisfy their particular bottomline anyway), so they're scaling back until the bizz at least breaks even (or better) for them. Disc sales had probably more often than not been...

For audiophile level gear, that's always been the case though -- there's always been an audiophile community willing/looking to share in such ways, which is also why there's long been a fairly strong 2ndary market for such gear. Meanwhile, BB, et al have never been an option for such gear...

Thing is BB, et al had never really been good places to really "see and hear" though. IF one really needs to "see and hear" first, best to go shop at a dedicated boutique store instead -- BB won't likely save you any meaningful $$$, if at all, on the same gear compared to the boutique stores...

I was never impressed w/ BB's Magnolia section even during their peak, but they certainly seem to have cut back a lot last I briefly checked/noted several months back. _Man_

Haven't really bothered checking big box CE superstores like BB for HT gear, except TVs/displays, in almost forever now. They've never really been all that good for that anyway... though I suppose (what you call) "mid level HT" was never really quite the range that interested me all that much...