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Cheapest places to buy gear?

Hey. I'm hoping people will offer up the names and perhaps numbers or contacts, email, web address etc of the CHEAPEST places they have found to buy various audiophile items: everything from power amps, interconnects, tonearms, cardas wire, caps, cartridges, etc...
I think this will help a lot of people out besides cheap-ass li'l ol me.
kublakhan
kublakhan OP
718 posts
 
Slingshot, i've read the stuff about commission but this thread has nothing to do with it. i'm not suggesting you go to a dealer, milk him for info and then buy elsewhere. if i already know i want a grado sonata for my alphason arm because of my own extensive research why would i drive 45 minutes to a dealer i dont even know when i can order it off the net for $125 less? you're right, you are on a soapbox but i'm glad you at least realize it.
3728slingshot
102 posts
 
Kublakhan ... point well taken. You've made it difficult for me to gracefully decend from my soap box, so instead, I'll just fall on my face. I am a big fan of spending my money close to home ...
kublakhan OP
718 posts
 
slingshot I actually agree with you in principle. i rent videos from the local place even though they are due the next day (which i never seem to make) and are more expensive than the blockbuster directly across the street which allows - i dunno, 5 days or somethign?. didn't mean to seem like i was putting you down.
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chaskelljr2001
476 posts
 
Kublahan:

Try "E-bay". You can sometimes find bargains on their site. Be sure to read the fine print before you put your bid in. Once you bid on an item, unless a greater bid comes along and beat yours, your bid is your binding contract, and if you win, your winning bid should be just like your word, it's "your bond".

--Charles--
flyguy
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If you're into Sonic Frontiers gear, don't fail to contact UNDERWOODWALLY, who advertises on Augiogon. He's really on the up and up. I did extremely well on a SF Line 1 preamp from him, and he beat everyone's prices. Great to work with, and extremely knowledgeable.
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