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Insane auction price of SACD?? over 2k

Ahhh the web. Since the Sony Es777 SCAD player can still be found at a few dealers as demo's etc for like $1,700, why are bidders going crazy over this one??? Just LAST NIGHT I put thier demo unit on lay-away at my LOCAL dealer for the amazing price of $1,700 and I get the full 5 year warranty and the selling dealers service. Now I can't believe that the one I bought was the LAST ONE IN ALL AMERICA. If you want one CHECK AROUND at the Sony ES dealers. GEESH.
elizabeth
leafs
414 posts
 
Well put Jeff,I dont know why people care what others pay.Do the reasearch and go from there.
artmaltman
769 posts
 
The supply completely ran out at a blowout price around $1500, and then the Stereophile review hit the streets. Oops!
pugstub77b1
21 posts
 
When I bought mine for $3150 I felt it worth the money. If you wanted one for $1500 you probably missed your chance. Now supply and demand will determine the value. The CD section is quite good and SACD even better. I sold my Levinson D/A because I didn't think it was that much better.
You would have to buy an Accuphase SACD at over $12000 to get better sound than the Sony SACD SCD1 or SCD 777 in SACD mode. The transport alone better's units costing 2K-3K.
musicslug
403 posts
 
J&R is out of them. I got the last demo at a local store for $2K last week. The thing's a sleeper. Unless you read these chats you'd never have a clue about the humongous break in time. Mine, despite being the demo, was nowhere near broken in - it sounded terrible at first! To think that they were using this one to try to sell them is downright bizarre. After a week+ of 24/7, the change is the most dramatic I've ever seen in any component. It's night and day. I think sony blew it by not alerting dealers to the break-in issue. I wanted a top-notch digital front end without mortgaging the house - and got it.
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