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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
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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