£2300 is more like US$3600 based on todays exchange rate. VAT is not the only reason, you can add that to the US price and still only come to US$2526. Import duty is less than 4%, freight by courier around $30~35 US$. The real answer is that we are being stuffed by the Distributors and Resellers in Europe. I have made this comment direct to PMC in the UK and not got a coherent response. More fool me for still going ahead and ordering/paying. But, my ears are thanking me every day... DAMN. It would be fine if I did not know the US price... 
Russell
There are two quite different marketing models. One where you keep the price low and sell lots, the other where you do not expect to sell many but keep your margins high. Either way, the profits are similar.
The UK model is the latter and it stinks!
When I asked PMC the sales rep told me they were buying them for $2150 and having to make a profit on that. I don't think so. PMC must be buying them direct from Bryston and not Bryston dealers or does he think I'm a fool?
PMC must be buying them for a lot cheaper than that?
And I thought there was a recession and people were cutting back on buying luxury items, obviously not in the world of Hi-Fi
