Jafant...
I see the listing is from a fellow member with 100% positive feedback here, AND he bought the piece from Mark @ Reno where I've bought my 3 units. Very good retailer.
It it seems like a fair price overall but you would be the 3rd owner without the benefit of any warranty. Mark covered the shipping on my second X150.5 in recognition of my return business. (Or my idiocy for selling off my first. He laughed when I related my story.)
The listing you saw would incur another $75 in PayPal fees plus shipping and insurance which would add approximately that much, bringing it to at least $2650? This thing is HEAVY, thank god for those handles on the rear.
Why don't you drop Mark a line and get on his "waiting list" for one? I've read your post wishing for your system to come together by 2017...
For the record, I'll be turning 60 in another month give or take, so while I'm not compiling a bucket list I do think I've more or less hit upon a system that I can't do a helluva lot more with in terms of my definition of "excellence." I consider myself rather fortunate to have discovered Thiel, and subsequently Pass, and having the resources to explore them both. I'm pretty much done for all intents and purposes methinks. Save for cabling and perhaps preamp explorations, I can't see how much more expenditures could return improvements to a great extent.
..."and you know that you're over the hill when your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill..." Little Feat - "Old Folks Boogie"
Listen up Thiel reveals!
I see the listing is from a fellow member with 100% positive feedback here, AND he bought the piece from Mark @ Reno where I've bought my 3 units. Very good retailer.
It it seems like a fair price overall but you would be the 3rd owner without the benefit of any warranty. Mark covered the shipping on my second X150.5 in recognition of my return business. (Or my idiocy for selling off my first. He laughed when I related my story.)
The listing you saw would incur another $75 in PayPal fees plus shipping and insurance which would add approximately that much, bringing it to at least $2650? This thing is HEAVY, thank god for those handles on the rear.
Why don't you drop Mark a line and get on his "waiting list" for one? I've read your post wishing for your system to come together by 2017...
For the record, I'll be turning 60 in another month give or take, so while I'm not compiling a bucket list I do think I've more or less hit upon a system that I can't do a helluva lot more with in terms of my definition of "excellence." I consider myself rather fortunate to have discovered Thiel, and subsequently Pass, and having the resources to explore them both. I'm pretty much done for all intents and purposes methinks. Save for cabling and perhaps preamp explorations, I can't see how much more expenditures could return improvements to a great extent.
..."and you know that you're over the hill when your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill..." Little Feat - "Old Folks Boogie"
Listen up Thiel reveals!