The biggest problem i've found is that kids nowadays want the bling value over the quality and don't want to pay an arm and a leg like half the Audiobahn line up is now... so you really have to be able to get a huge variety of products (at affordable prices) to compete... and still do other things on the side to make up for down times.
I don't want Audiobahn out of business... I just want them to lower half their prices... Besides that some of the companies that they parent over put out really good products at decent prices (you'd think they'd have learned something).
And somebody asked earlier if MA Audio was owned by them... answer: no
People are also realizing the ridiculous markup on most car audio equipment. You'll pay a grand for a component set that can't outperform $200 worth of home audio mid-fi drivers.
Plus, the cost and complexity of installations has gone nothing but up. Manufacturers aren't making it easy to upgrade your systems anymore. A few companies are trying to combat that with easy to install components, like braxials and such, and I definately agree with that for the average customer.
well, the cool thing is that now with the demise of the audiobahn company, digital audio will continue on, purchased by an unnamed entitiy as of yet, at least unnamed to me, but here is the cool part, with the demise of a-bahn i was able to become an Autotek dealer.........