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Denafrips Avatar looks the goods



I really like what I see with this Denafrips Avatar, it’s looks to have the goods inside for the money, and no dvd rom slot drive or CD rom drive used either. Two transformers lot of separate regulators, many little caps to get lower esr than just big ones. lots of different outputs.
https://www.denafrips.com/avatar

And it uses a Philips Philips CDM4/19 swing arm laser, much better than rom drives slot or tray, just a little slower to read the TOC no biggie.
https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB14vz0QFXXXXXpXFXXq6xXFXXX1/CDM4-CDM4-19-CDM-4-19-Brand-Part-HIFI-CD-La...

Cheers George
georgehifi
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thyname
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From Alvin's site, Avatar sales are suspended until further notice. The demand was too big for them to meet.

It also looks like the price in USD has gone up substantially:

https://www.vinshineaudio.com/shop

T R A N S P O R T

2020.08.31

 

Ordering of the AVATAR CDT is temporarily suspended until further notice. The demand was too high, a happy business problem. For customers who ordered it previously will have their order fulfilled progressively. Please note the price of the AVATAR CDT will be revised to S$2298/US$1698. Thank you for your kind understanding.
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georgehifi OP
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Please note the price of the AVATAR CDT will be revised to S$2298/US$1698. Thank you for your kind understanding.
Now that is not a good thing for a company to do for their image. Just because it’s become popular.
They would have been making their wanted profit margin at the old price. Because bigger orders now of parts will result in a reduction of price of them, and production cost should also be less. So if anything it should become cheaper not more expensive.

Cheers George
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thyname
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It sounds like you missed out on the old price George. You were looking at this from other threads for a while. I guess you did not pull the trigger? 
And all this is free market. Economics 101. Supply and demand.
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Economics 101. Supply and demand.
Yeah supply and demand usually make things cheaper, not more expensive. Makes me think twice about it now.

Cheers George
yyzsantabarbara
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Sounds like the same problem Magico had for the $9800 A3 speaker. It was selling fast and the price increased to $12K+
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