I was(starting in the late 70's), and was closely associated with the industry before that. I never stocked any of the MM's I mentioned, though I would order anything a customer might want. I usually tried to move at least a Sonus Gold(for the sake of the music). Like I said: No one is turning out the cheap MM's like popcorn anymore, and giving them away. I can't imagine anyone out there is selling enough TT's to get much of a margin break anymore either.
Discount on cartridges vs. other equipment
Way, way back when I was first getting into this hobby, I recall that phono cartridges were routinely discounted at a far greater percentage than anything else. (I'm talking about the 1970s here.) Would it be reasonable to expect that this is in some ways still the same, at least for mainstream stuff?In other words, could one figure to get a Rega Exact at a greater discount (on a percentage basis) than, say, a Rega P5? And the same with an Elys and a P3, etc? I'm talking about when one is buying new from an authorized dealer, not used from someone who is changing up his system. Thanks for helping out on this. -- Howard
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