Grey Market Tube Gear

RuSsMaN
RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
edited December 2005 in 2 Channel Audio
Interesting short read over at 6moons.

http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/greymarket/greymarket.html

Cheers,
Russ
Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited December 2005
    True stuff, good read.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited December 2005
    If you do your homework, you can get some great deals from the grey market. I may have purchased my CD player from a grey marketeer. If I bought the same player in the USA, I would have paid double or triple the cost.
    HT/2-channel Rig: Sony 50” LCD TV; Toshiba HD-A2 DVD player; Emotiva LMC-1 pre/pro; Rogue Audio M-120 monoblocks (modded); Placette RVC; Emotiva LPA-1 amp; Bada HD-22 tube CDP (modded); VMPS Tower II SE (fronts); DIY Clearwave Dynamic 4CC (center); Wharfedale Opus Tri-Surrounds (rear); and VMPS 215 sub

    "God grooves with tubes."
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited December 2005
    Good post Russ
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited December 2005
    Hey, I saw my CDP!!!
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited December 2005
    Some retailers (in the back of magazines) tried to do this with Polks in the late 80's early 90's and Polk went after them agressively. They actually caught a few dealers selling product out the back door to the Grey market companies. I like a good deal just as much as the next guy...as long as you are aware of the situation when you buy then I guess "Buyer Beware" applies. It sure did piss Polk off though. I'm sure this stuff still goes on with Polk all the time. Back then they had a very tight dealer network to protect. Now days it's basically a free-for-all.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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