Other than Circuit City (now defunct), no shop locally was authorized to purchase direct from Kicker. Livewire was the closest-he purchases over $75k per year in Kicker product. But, he is considered a wholesaler, not a shop.

Kicker prefers it this way. Both Divine and A&B purchase from distribution like everyone else for Kicker crap.

And don't be fooled, all it takes to get listed on Kicker's dealer locator page is a single call to corporate and give them the info from which distributor you purchase from. They will list you on the locator. I made the call 4 weeks ago to get removed-same as I did 4 years ago to get put on...