Shunyata recently had a major price increase on many of their cables. They had been producing cables for previous couple of years on old stock, but faced large increases in price when sourcing the wire. Hard to imagine, but specialty electronic parts price increases probably contributed to this increase.
Audio Research REF 6 to REF 6SE upgrade.
UPDATE””””””””” I just got off the phone with Audio Research about the REF 6 to 6SE upgrade and I was told that the price of the upgrade went up from last year from $3500 to $5000. I was pretty shocked. Also he said that it will not have to be done by the service dept as they have a guy who strictly does Ref 6 upgrades. as all parts are in stock and it will only take 14 days turn around time.