I assume because a product like this doesn't need a "distributor", whatever that used to mean in the former century.
Everyone that actually wants to buy one (as opposed to dissuade others from doing so) can get one, without the useless markup of a distributor. Certainly a product from a Western company of the same build and sound quality (also made in China, of course) would sell well north of $1K.
Again, Chifi is a purposefully insulting term, an ethnic slur against equipment, as opposed to a person. You probably think it makes you sound hip and cool, but it actually makes you sound like a fool.
Chi-Fi, Chinese Fidelity. Its a perfectly fine term, and in fact one we use in our group with my many Chinese and SE Asian counterparts, we have many Chi names for many things. We use Chi-Cake when my Chinese friends make amazing moon cakes. So, maybe stop being a complete bellend and get in the real, modern world? You have created a racial slur in your own mind, mental. and who the hell says 'hip and cool' these days? lmao.
It's good you have finally made a response to the original question though. So to cover that.
Without a distributer/local re-seller, things like warranty/repair, safety standards, and also distance selling laws in the country of purchase can often not be adhered to. This is where distribution comes into its own. A cheap product ignoring safety standards and being sold on counterfeit hotspot sites like Aliexpress can of course be attained by whoever wants it, and there is no issue with a manufacturer using a direct to market strategy, but they aren't. They use third party sellers, more often or not, either bedroom sellers, or the global Chinese mega sellers who very much rule the likes of Aliexpress, eBay and Amazon..theres not really much support post sale, aside from the usual 30 day returns, and then Section 75 on a credit card for six months post purchase.
I definitely support a direct to market strategy without a doubt, the distribution tree has been milked it at the expense of the consumer for way too long. However this still does not get around the fact that buying from the counterfeit hotspot that is China, is Russian roulette. A distributer, will take an element of that risk away, and provides full warranty support, technically in the UK for six years by law, you won't get anything like that buying from a seller on Aliexpress or Amazon, so there is still some use for them.
A huge issue with China, is their lack of IP Right acknowledge and respect, and its clear to see many hard worked and researched designs being copied and remarketed within days with poor build and safety standards and littering Ecommerce sites like chewing gum. This then takes away a huge chunk of industry from designers, engineers etc all for the sake of someone buying it 'cheap'. It destroys innovation that cant be had from working people 12-16 hours a day , six days a week for pennies like they do in China. Oh yeah we should maybe cover that at some point? The systematic human rights abuse of the average working person in China to create 'cheap' products (without any would be support from a big brand). Sure it happens with everything built there, but more so for the really 'cheap' stuff. Maybe we will save that for another day eh?
You clearly have very little understanding of how e-commerce works these days especially when China is included as the source and sale point.
Interestingly, there is a distributer in the US isn't there?
