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ninerbj
ninerbj Posts: 870
edited August 2014 in Music & Movies
Who is better, Music Direct or Elusive Disc?
Is there any other company I am may be missing other than Amazon?
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited August 2014
    I have always been happy with elusivedisc. Not cheap, but no one is. They run occasional 10% sales. My suggestion is save stuff to your wish list, then buy when there's a sale. Spend over $99 and shipping is free.
    Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,536
    edited August 2014
    Acoustic Sounds can be added to the list. Can't say any of the above are better than others as pricing tends to be pretty similar and service has been good from all of them for me.
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  • Irrenhaus
    Irrenhaus Posts: 1,094
    edited August 2014
    I have been using Amazon to get my sacd's not bad.

    Sorry did not see the Amazon part you mentioned.
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited August 2014
    Importcds.com is a good source. I've ordered lots of stuff from them and always been happy. Their prices tend to be better than most too.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,873
    edited August 2014
    Who is better, Music Direct or Elusive Disc?

    Both are great, but I usually order from Music Direct.
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  • nspindel
    nspindel Posts: 5,343
    edited August 2014
    Elusive disc customer service story for you. Ordered a VPI turntable from them about a year and a half ago. They could have just sent me the turntable and I would have been a satisfied customer. But they called me. Like..... On the phone! They told me that VPI would be releasing a new iteration of the turntable I had ordered, and asked if I'd prefer for them to hold the order for a few weeks so I would get the new turntable. Of course, I chose to do so! A few weeks later I had the newest revision, which I hadn't even known about.
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  • pumpkinman
    pumpkinman Posts: 9,912
    edited August 2014
    drumminman wrote: »
    Importcds.com is a good source. I've ordered lots of stuff from them and always been happy. Their prices tend to be better than most too.

    Agreed I've made many purchases from Importcds.com. I've never had a problem and they have competive pricing.
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  • DForeman
    DForeman Posts: 468
    edited August 2014
    nspindel wrote: »
    They run occasional 10% sales. My suggestion is save stuff to your wish list, then buy when there's a sale. Spend over $99 and shipping is free.

    I use both Music Direct and Acoustic Sounds. They both offer 10% discounts every long weekend (and free shipping over a certain amount). Save your stuff in a wish list like nspindel suggests and jump on the sales. It's more fun getting a pile of CDs at once anyway.
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited August 2014
    I've bought from cdjapan.com for several SHM-SACDs with good results.

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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