I would not want to be one of those who recently paid a premium for the FR66S, however, where the asking prices are up around $6-7,000.I’m not sure if you are overestimating Raul’s influence Lewm (if I am understanding you correctly)...in suggesting that the prices of the FR-66s arms have gone down since other folk paid a ’premium’ for theirs...?
I have two FR-66s arms (as well as a silver-wired FR-64s) and have seen their prices stabilise at about $9000-$10,000 over the last few years...
http://www.topclassaudio.com/web/eng/used_product_details.jsp?gid=8068
That’s if you can find any available at all......
There is a badly beaten-up one available with missing items and without headshells for $5,850 from Otoman Vintage
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/352099982219?rmvSB=true
but this is hardly the quality that a serious collector or connoisseur will contemplate.
At any rate....analogue-lovers willing to pay these prices for 35 year-old tonearms will do so knowing what these arms can do,
And what they can do, compared to the very best ’modern’ arms....is still quite baffling!