I am now a pariah, a troublemaker, a scourge. Hey, I kind of like it. Maybe I'll get a tattoo and have my nose pierced. When competition is limited, the consumer always loses. Choices are restricted and prices are kept artificially high.
New technology is the fire that keeps industries thriving.
Most of the new developments in high-end audio are brought to the marketplace by small manufacturers. They think, as did I, that their superior performance will give them an edge and they will succeed. Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way.