Used Deals Thread

Discussion in 'Leaderboard, Overboard, and Deals' started by purr1n, Mar 20, 2016.

  1. ogodei

    ogodei MOT: Austin AudioWorks

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    Here's the fallout:

    saint.panda at Head-Fi was offering his 220v BWv2 at 1300 Euro (~ 1700 USD) which doesn't seem too bad a price for a European one. I passed on that one after realizing that 1) I could get the 110v model in the 1100-1200 USD range, and 2) I am insane if I think I can justify another amp purchase right now.

    Dude on ebay listed an original, standard-issue Sonic Frontiers SFD-2 MKII Tube DAC in "Great Condition" at 2100 USD. Seems like the price on these has been floating between 1K and 1600 USD for the last few years, with maybe 1300-1400 being a reasonable if high ask. The SFD-1, maybe more desirable and under 1K, and the availability of the partsconnexion SE++ version, make an ask of 2100 ludicrous.

    The ebayer appears to be a Crestron dealer, is probably trying to move a customer's equipment in order to 'upgrade' him.
    Sent an offer of $1500, he immediately came back at 1900. I ended up buying it at $1650, proving yet again that price anchoring works and I'm a sucker. Couldn't pass up hearing a DAC that gets raved about so much (though I wish an SFD-1 would pop up somewhere).

    Meanwhile, a "Sonic Frontiers Processor 3 - DAC - SE+ PartsConnexion - Blackgate - Audionote" with 'cost no object upgrades' is being offered for sale at 4,500 USD by this guy, who appears to be a seller-for-hire maximizing his commission through aggressive advertising and pricing.

    Now, tell me you wouldn't buy from this guy?

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    This was good source of amusement to break up a slow afternoon. The SFD-2 MKII is a classic and should be very fun.
     
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    These are 40 miles from my house and I have a van. Think I could fool the wife if I put table cloths on them ?
     
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    Tell her they are traditional German lautsprechertabelle
     
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    ogodei MOT: Austin AudioWorks

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    "See the walls shaking ? Lautsprechertabelle !"

    This is actually very frustrating, I just confirmed an order for speakers last night and these show up this morning. Would love to hear these. Would probably hate my Gen8040Bs afterwards though ;)

    Edit: Holy shit, he took a lowball offer ! Fraggler, you wanna come out and help me pick these up ?
     
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    That's awesome! Better post some pics when you have those bad boys set up.
     
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    Sorry man. Just got back into town and up to my eyeballs in work.
     
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    Wow that was fast. Should I apologize to your wife? lol

    Now you just need to pick up those 1033's to complete the surround system...
     
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    I just bought one from this seller, I don't know whether it's a relisted item or (hopefully) another one, as I found the seller used the same description and pictures. Thank you @jazztherapist !

    If there's more coming, following the seller might not be so useful, so I saved "liquid amplifier" as search keywords, this little trick really helped.

    BTW, there's another used LP is on eBay.
     
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