the original cd player was a bit too much for me on hindsight, the guy on the phone from nysound was too informative to me about the sale and it felt too shakey like he was sure what will happen.
he told me it was 220 and he may or may not be able to modify it. and then he gave me a talk about how there have been instances of damaged products shipped to usa since the courrier handles them abusively at times.
The Original was a tube cdplayer, so that makes it even more delicate, the operator also told me he was not sure how delicate the machine was since its fairly new, there are also almost no reviews of the unit online eiter.
shipping was about $150 too. In my past experiences, Ive ordered a tube amp from DHL and it arrived with a broken tube, and I think one of the sockets may have been adversely affected. there is also lack of repair support and shipping items back damaged is very veyr expensive. Shipping cost a 3rd of the items selling price not including import taxes.
So I thought to myself, what the freak am I doing? and considered the risks too high, as if something were to go amiss, Id lose a lot of money in shipping alone with no player.
so I weighed it on a balance
positives
looks nice
uses tubes
Original has a fairly good rep as a Chinese company
Black
negatives
more then $600+ shipped one way
No money only credit card, while other is near maxed
no guarantee that it will arrive safely
import fees
no warranty or service repair
mystery performance
220v
Hand modified power supply not done by manufacturer
unknown turn around time
The situation was just too risky, it felt like I was just throwing $600 into a dark alley hoping the product would arrive safely.
even if something in the player were to become damaged in transit, I wouldnt have a clue how to fix it myself, or even worse, some small would be damaged and would fester into a larger problem in the future.
then I saw the Onix,
relatively cheap, nice reviews, aesthetically nice, nice weight to it, black, USA support, warranty support, 30 day return policy, $20 shipping no import tax.
negatives
its solid state, probably wont sound as good as the Original A8T.
But I suppose the PPX3 slam is considered an entry amp, and the Onix is a mid fi player, so I didnt think it would be so bad. Plus Im buying this solely on credit, as I already have the other card maxed, I was having a great sense of uneasiness buying something $600+ overseas with no guarantee.
he told me it was 220 and he may or may not be able to modify it. and then he gave me a talk about how there have been instances of damaged products shipped to usa since the courrier handles them abusively at times.
The Original was a tube cdplayer, so that makes it even more delicate, the operator also told me he was not sure how delicate the machine was since its fairly new, there are also almost no reviews of the unit online eiter.
shipping was about $150 too. In my past experiences, Ive ordered a tube amp from DHL and it arrived with a broken tube, and I think one of the sockets may have been adversely affected. there is also lack of repair support and shipping items back damaged is very veyr expensive. Shipping cost a 3rd of the items selling price not including import taxes.
So I thought to myself, what the freak am I doing? and considered the risks too high, as if something were to go amiss, Id lose a lot of money in shipping alone with no player.
so I weighed it on a balance
positives
looks nice
uses tubes
Original has a fairly good rep as a Chinese company
Black
negatives
more then $600+ shipped one way
No money only credit card, while other is near maxed
no guarantee that it will arrive safely
import fees
no warranty or service repair
mystery performance
220v
Hand modified power supply not done by manufacturer
unknown turn around time
The situation was just too risky, it felt like I was just throwing $600 into a dark alley hoping the product would arrive safely.
even if something in the player were to become damaged in transit, I wouldnt have a clue how to fix it myself, or even worse, some small would be damaged and would fester into a larger problem in the future.
then I saw the Onix,
relatively cheap, nice reviews, aesthetically nice, nice weight to it, black, USA support, warranty support, 30 day return policy, $20 shipping no import tax.
negatives
its solid state, probably wont sound as good as the Original A8T.
But I suppose the PPX3 slam is considered an entry amp, and the Onix is a mid fi player, so I didnt think it would be so bad. Plus Im buying this solely on credit, as I already have the other card maxed, I was having a great sense of uneasiness buying something $600+ overseas with no guarantee.
