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That price hurts my soul.
That price hurts my soul.
I think they really screwed up. They just priced themselves out of most people's budgets. They were already God level pricing before.
It's not that it isn't an amazing product. But bringing in the old (dealer) pricing scheme won't work. Unless they are shifting gears due to lack of sales so far. That would be a mistake on their part. Many people have to save a while to purchase something like this. Schiit has probably sold a lot more Yggys than we think (same price as the A16 was before the hike).
I'm glad I got in, but this really sucks for everyone who didn't.
It was prohibitely expensive when it cost 1.5k. Now it's absurd.Well I hope no one was tossing around the idea of grabbing a Smyth Research Realizer A16 at $2300. It is now $4000, as they have teamed up with a dealer to distribute the A16.
If I go the open back HD800S - what amp should I use?
I chewed off all my fingernails when I bought in at the presale price of $1800 something. $4k is definitely rarefied air territory. Happy I'm getting one but sad this will never be a very popular product.
Cheaper "almost-as-good" products currently in the pipeline are going to eat their lunch, I imagine, unless they make some serious cost cutting steps if/when they offer these for retail purchase.