The trends of A/V merchants increasingly being beat-up by discounters makes them especially skittish to carry costly inventory.
The manufacturers are stuck between some rather unpleasant alternatives -- give up the volume associated with more affordable models (which jeopardizes their workforce and supply chain...) or 'churn' their product mix annually with minor changes (which kills off more of their retailers / distributors and alienates customers) or try to reposition their brands / product mix to appeal to different market segments (which involves heavy advertising and marketing costs, hurting cash-flow...).

These problems are not unique to A/V equipment -- camera makers, home computer makers, appliance companies, bicycle companies, and other products that once were commonly sold at specialty retailers and now are mostly sold at warehouse clubs and online are all threatened with new challenges.

It certainly does not help that only a few years ago it looked like "global prosperity" was limitless and now it looks like the gap between the 1% and everybody else is getting wider.

To my way of thinking the fact that Outlaw is doing as well as they are in VERY trying times is a positive