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WNBC · Mar 15, 2017 at 1:02 PM

I've never been to one of these meets. Pretty cool that discounts are offered by vendors and manufacturers.

smileclick said:
My friend heard my setup and he like the sound signature and brought 1 set at Camjam Singapore 2017. Both of us got a good discount given by sony during the Camjam Singapore. On top of Bundle discounts for both TA ZH1ES and Z1 headphone, I also got balance Kimber cable thrown in - free of charge.

Sarnia · Mar 15, 2017 at 6:40 PM

Amazon UK have the TA-ZH1ES for £1,199 right now. Also the NW-WM1A for £680.54 and the MDR-Z1R for £1,191.

If buying only buy from Amazon UK itself, the other low prices are a scam.

beowulf · Mar 15, 2017 at 7:04 PM

sarnia said:
Amazon UK have the TA-ZH1ES for £1,199 right now. Also the NW-WM1A for £680.54 and the MDR-Z1R for £1,191.

If buying only buy from Amazon UK itself, the other low prices are a scam.

1300eur for a z1r. Outstanding value. Thats what a new Hd800 costs. Too bad its locked to uk deliveries or I'd might get a second z1r.

Sarnia · Mar 15, 2017 at 7:07 PM

beowulf said:
1300eur for a z1r. Outstanding value. Thats what a new Hd800 costs. Too bad its locked to uk deliveries or I'd might get a second z1r.

I've just bought a pair for £992.50. The TA at £1,199 is an amazing price too. By far the lowest i've seen.

echineko · Mar 15, 2017 at 7:22 PM

sarnia said:
I've just bought a pair for £992.50. The TA at £1,199 is an amazing price too. By far the lowest i've seen.

If only they still shipped outside of the UK. Oh well...

Sarnia · Mar 15, 2017 at 7:33 PM

beowulf said:
1300eur for a z1r. Outstanding value. Thats what a new Hd800 costs. Too bad its locked to uk deliveries or I'd might get a second z1r.

What about the Amazon Warehouse ones, do they ship outside UK? No warranty, but they are a good price.

Same goes for the TA-ZH1ES amp.

TSAVJason · Mar 15, 2017 at 7:47 PM

sarnia said:
What about the Amazon Warehouse ones, do they ship outside UK? No warranty, but they are a good price.

Same goes for the TA-ZH1ES amp.

Why would anyone want an ES amplifier using 220v when our power here in the US is 110v. Using converters adds noise

Sarnia · Mar 15, 2017 at 7:56 PM

I said outside the UK, not to the US. There are many other countries using 220v.

TSAVJason · Mar 15, 2017 at 8:00 PM

sarnia said:
I said outside the UK, not to the US. There are many other countries using 220v.

How about Japan? It's 100v or Taiwan is 110v. I'm not sure if you're aware but the US is outside the US. I just checked the exchange rate and cost of money. You are obviously not suspicious of deals under dealer cost? I guess not.

Sarnia · Mar 15, 2017 at 8:07 PM

tsavjason said:
How about Japan? It's 100v or Taiwan is 110v. I'm not sure if you're aware but the US is outside the US. I just checked the exchange rate and cost of money. You are obviously not suspicious of deals under dealer cost? I guess not.

Jason, not sure what you are getting at here. What do you mean the US is outside the US? That's got me stumped.

The whole of Europe is 220v for starters. I was talking to to Beowulf who is from Netherlands.

No I'm not suspicious of Deals when Amazon UK themselves are the seller and I understand exactly why the price has dropped.

Sarnia · Mar 15, 2017 at 8:14 PM

http://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plug-voltage-by-country/Not wanting to labour the point, so enough said I hope.

TSAVJason · Mar 15, 2017 at 8:23 PM

sarnia said:
Jason, not sure what you are getting at here. What do you mean the US is outside the US? That's got me stumped.

The whole of Europe is 220v for starters. I was talking to to Beowulf who is from Netherlands.

No I'm not suspicious of Deals when Amazon UK themselves are the seller and I understand exactly why the price has dropped.

Not what I said. I said the US is outside the U.K.

I'm suspicious of any deal below the wholesale price. Even more suspicious when coming from Amazon UK. I'm also saying that using a converter either sucks if it's just a transformer or sucks on expense of it's a real proper converter while still being noisy

beowulf · Mar 15, 2017 at 8:24 PM

sarnia said:
I've just bought a pair for £992.50. The TA at £1,199 is an amazing price too. By far the lowest i've seen.

Sony pricing at amazon.uk is weird. UK is their EU HQ, but still, the difference is huge. If you compare to any neighbouring country (germany, frace, italy, etc) the differece is ridiculous when those drops occur. Next time I want a Sony product at launch I'm definitely going to keep an eye on the UK.

Sarnia · Mar 15, 2017 at 8:34 PM

tsavjason said:
Not what I said. I said the US is outside the U.K.

I'm suspicious of any deal below the wholesale price. Even more suspicious when coming from Amazon UK. I'm also saying that using a converted either sucks if it's just a transformer or sucks on expense of it's a real proper converter while still being noisy

Jason, please re-read your earlier post. You said US is outside US. Obviously an error.

Insinuating that I don't realise the US is outside the UK is pretty insulting. I'll be in the US again next week for the third time in a year... I'll try and remember it's not British.

I've explained before why Amazon's prices drop. There is a third-party scam seller who posts thousands of bogus very low prices with many seller accounts. Amazon's pricing algorithm drops to be in the same ballpark. No human intervention.

It's been happening for a year or so and they don't seem to be able to do anything about it.

The sale is from Amazon with their full warranty, if applicable, which it is for me.

WNBC · Mar 15, 2017 at 8:40 PM

Yeah, I think we quickly respond and sometimes words get lost.

I think he was saying there are US-type voltages outside the US. We are pretty sure the Brits know where we dumped your tea

Sorry, I'm originally from New England. Love the Brits in reality.

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sarnia said:
Jason, please re-read your earlier post. You said US is outside US. Obviously an error.

Insinuating that I don't realise the US is outside the UK is pretty insulting. I'll be in the US again next week for the third time in a year... I'll try and remember it's not British.

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