Ever paid $100+ for a CD or LP?

Bubinga99
Bubinga99 Posts: 283
edited June 2010 in Music & Movies
Just for a single; not counting double albums or box sets.

Do you have a limit that you'll never pay more than x dollars no matter what?

There are a lot of ebay sellers of $100+ especially SACDs, but I'm wondering how many buyers there are at those prices.
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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited June 2010
    Yes a few times.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited June 2010
    I have a $30 limit for a single.
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited June 2010
    I've recently considered the Zeppelin lp's at $100 to $150 each, still can't pull the trigger though. I just bought 50 mint lp's for $100 at the thrift store so that makes me re-think also because there was so much cool stuff I had never heard before. These were obviously from someone who cared.
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,329
    edited June 2010
    A few times...
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited June 2010
    Yes, I paid just over $100 for Donald Fagen's Kamakiriad on vinyl from a guy in Denmark. I've sold two Lp's for over that. Both were AC/DC Black Ice mispresses that I found new at a local electronics store. Both sold for over $300 USD. By the way, I still have two copies.
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  • Midnite Mick
    Midnite Mick Posts: 1,591
    edited June 2010
    Close...spent 90 on a MFSL redbook.
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  • Norm Apter
    Norm Apter Posts: 1,036
    edited June 2010
    No way. My limit is around $20. If a particular pressing of an item I want is so rare that it goes for considerably more than that, I use "other means" to acquire it (and no, I'm not talking about robbing a record store!) ;)
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited June 2010
    Yes.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited June 2010
    hell no!!!
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited June 2010
    No, I am not a collector, just a listener.
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  • Hawkeye
    Hawkeye Posts: 1,313
    edited June 2010
    I have, and it was worth every dollar. There are some XRCD's that seem to be on the level of hen's teeth, so the price goes up dramatically. A superb recording is something special to behold, regardless of level of gear.

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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited June 2010
    For the most part you may be preaching to the choir here....see F1nut's posts on SACDs?

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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited June 2010
    Yes....and $300+ is the "high" for me right now. Limit? I once said that $100 was the limit....then $200....then $300. ****Sigh****
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited June 2010
    That is an impressive list of SACD's Danny Tse.
    SDA-1C (full mods)
    Carver TFM-55
    NAD 1130 Pre-amp
    Rega Planar 3 TT/Shelter 501 MkII
    The Clamp
    Revox A77 Mk IV Dolby reel to reel
    Thorens TD160/Mission 774 arm/Stanton 881S Shibata
    Nakamichi CR7 Cassette Deck
    Rotel RCD-855 with modified tube output stage
    Cambridge Audio DACmagic Plus
    ADC Soundshaper 3 EQ
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited June 2010
    Yes, I paid $127.00 for Love's "Four Sail" CD on the thunderbolt label (before Electra released a remastered version). I had that CD many years before the newer one came out though so I considered it a good investment. That album is phenominal and was worth the price (to me).

    Greg
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited June 2010
    $100 for a single? Humm, I don't think I ever did. I am not saying I wouldn't but it would have to be something I am desperate to own. I am somewhat cheap, I tend to wait for deals, I like to maximise my puchases for the $$$s spent ;)
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited June 2010
    No, never have. I think the most I've paid so far is $30. I'd pay more if it was something special and phenomenal recording.
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  • LessisNevermore
    LessisNevermore Posts: 1,519
    edited June 2010
    Never have, but that's not to say I wouldn't if timing and funds were in alignment.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited June 2010
    A number of years back I sold 5 Japanese mini-LP YES CDs (the original releases, not the newer ones released) for over $1,100 on ebay. That was a good investment.:)

    Greg
    Relayer-Big-O-Poster.jpg
    Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
    "I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion." :\
    My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....

    "Green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru"- Jon Anderson

    "Have A Little Faith! And Everything You'll Face, Will Jump From Out Right On Into Place! Yeah! Take A Little Time! And Everything You'll Find, Will Move From Gloom Right On Into Shine!"- Arthur Lee
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited June 2010
    Yep! When funds were abundant.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited June 2010
    Once.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • Mike Kozak
    Mike Kozak Posts: 931
    edited June 2010
    No, but I had in my collection a long time ago a picture disc of Rush Hemispheres. It was given to the roadies and I worked with his girl friend at the time and he let me have it. Not sure how much money I lost by losing track of it.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited June 2010
    Fongolio wrote: »
    That is an impressive list of SACD's Danny Tse.

    Thanks! While I know some of those SACDs go for big $$$ nowadays, I don't think I've spend more than $50.00 for any SACD....aside from the first Genesis SACD boxset.
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited June 2010
    well I would on some things if they were really rare, for example the Tool live CD that they had out back years ago. Impossible to find as it went out of print right away and now costs an arm and a leg to get. That and some other things such as vinyl that you can't find anywhere as it was done in a very limited run. Anything over 200 bucks thought I would have to stop and ask myself if I really wanted it. Then go out and get drunk and buy it and say I forgot how much it was lol.
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  • LessisNevermore
    LessisNevermore Posts: 1,519
    edited June 2010
    cstmar01 wrote: »
    for example the Tool live CD that they had out back years ago. Impossible to find as it went out of print right away and now costs an arm and a leg to get.

    I just looked that up on Amazon....:eek::eek::eek:
    Glad I bought it early!:D
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited June 2010
    Yes.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • DForeman
    DForeman Posts: 468
    edited June 2010
    Not yet. Got into SACDs six months ago when my thereshold was $30. Two months ago I pre-ordered two SACDs for $50 each. I should be up to $100 by year end. :)
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