Originally Posted by stimpy
It's called Sony Cierge and yes they have private boutique shops in NY and Chicago inside the Sony stores there and they also have one inside Sony Picture Studios in LA. The program gives you the opportunity to buy Sony products before the are released on the US market amongst other benefits. One way to be a member is to have an Amex Centurion card.
Or one can just call 1-877-QUALIA3 and order it...
The Qualia016 is so old (over a year) that I feel Sony is tricking people by "introducing" it now all of a sudden, it must have been selling poorly in Japan...