Sure it's nice - but it's a cassette...
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Roving Sign
Active Member
I love this part...
"The three improvements included Ultra High Quality RCA Connectors, an Ultra High Quality Power Cord with improved grounding, and Ultra High Quality Dampening Feet; essentially, these collective improvements significantly and audibly reduced noise and distortion, noticeably improving the purity of signal quality, resulting in a more natural timbre and overall sound."
Significantly and audibly? I call BS on that...
"The three improvements included Ultra High Quality RCA Connectors, an Ultra High Quality Power Cord with improved grounding, and Ultra High Quality Dampening Feet; essentially, these collective improvements significantly and audibly reduced noise and distortion, noticeably improving the purity of signal quality, resulting in a more natural timbre and overall sound."
Significantly and audibly? I call BS on that...
dragonhead00
Well-Known Member
No.
willyrover
Super Member
If someone buys it, then it must have been worth that much. If no one does, it wasn't.
Simple as that.
Simple as that.
Kahoona
Super Member
Exactly!
Putterman
Super Member
I love how he calls the item new, but then in the next breath talks about all the 'improvements' he's made in it and how it was tested.
Best case scenario, lightly used and modded. Having said that, it appears to be a very good deck and has Dolby S the system they should have come out with years earlier instead of sitting on their butts and collecting royalties on previous flawed Dolby B and C systems. I could see it going for a grand as much based on rarity as anything.
I agree with the previous poster on the BS part and wonder how you can improve grounding when, from what I can see, it still has a 2 prong cord and is technically not grounded. (Correct me if I'm wrong on the grounding part.)
Best case scenario, lightly used and modded. Having said that, it appears to be a very good deck and has Dolby S the system they should have come out with years earlier instead of sitting on their butts and collecting royalties on previous flawed Dolby B and C systems. I could see it going for a grand as much based on rarity as anything.
I agree with the previous poster on the BS part and wonder how you can improve grounding when, from what I can see, it still has a 2 prong cord and is technically not grounded. (Correct me if I'm wrong on the grounding part.)
stereofanboy
Addicted Member
Improvements and subsequent tape testing. Does that mean playing tapes? If so, it's not new.
AnalogDigit
Realistic fan.
That is way too much money.
Wigwam Jones
Caesar non supra grammati
It's still free enterprise. He's free to ask what he wants. He probably won't get it. But that's how it works; or doesn't, as the case may be.
You're right there, but the question that comes to mind is: Is this not borderline unethical? I can imagine someone paying these prices under the mistaken impression that the asking price reflects the rarity and or quality of the item. I also realize that caveat emptor applies as much here as anywhere else, but none the less. I can't help but feel that this is not quite cricket if you will pardon the expression.
ukfan4sure!
Expert Smoke Releaser
Uh, let me think....
no.
By the way, where can you buy cassettes these days? This technology is just lame now. Tape hiss is annoying and buying a great one that avoids it isn't worth the money to make it as good as a $20 CD player.
no.
By the way, where can you buy cassettes these days? This technology is just lame now. Tape hiss is annoying and buying a great one that avoids it isn't worth the money to make it as good as a $20 CD player.
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Wigwam Jones
Caesar non supra grammati
Not really, in this case. If someone is willing to pay your price, then that is what it is worth. If they are not, then it is not worth that.
Wigwam Jones
Caesar non supra grammati
Ethics are not the same thing as illegal. If the seller is asking a price you find outrageous, you may argue that he's being unethical. But there is no law that says anyone has to be ethical - they simply have to obey the law. There is no law that I'm aware of that says 'rare' has to mean a thing.
willyrover
Super Member
As a consumer you need to educate yourself. If price is the only factor you are using to determine quality, or rarity then you are an uneducated consumer.
Uneducated consumer: "Wow...that's a $3000 deck. It must be really good!"
These are the same people, by the way, that use eBay listings to determine what an item is worth.
Educated consumer: "Wow...$3000 for that deck? I could probably find that same deck or a similar one for $100 if I shop around."
Uneducated consumer: "Wow...that's a $3000 deck. It must be really good!"
These are the same people, by the way, that use eBay listings to determine what an item is worth.
Educated consumer: "Wow...$3000 for that deck? I could probably find that same deck or a similar one for $100 if I shop around."
