Re Sound Application. Does

I used to use and buy his conditioners and they sounded great. The biggest issue I had was he would call me and tell me he upgraded the screws and it would cost me another $2000 for the upgrade. When I first starting buying his units (his REFERENCE) they were $5000 then he has had many price increases, they went to $7500 then $9000 then $12,000 and I've heard they are even more $$$ now. When they were 5k they were worth the asking price, I haven't heard his latest piece and don't know what the price points are but if you can listen before you buy. I can tell you resale value on these pieces are pennies on the dollar.

(Dealer dislaimer)

Ptss yes I'm a dealer, once, a very long time ago for Sound Application. It was the every other month call and upgrades that was the down fall. Yes every company does the upgrade path but they don't do it 5-6 times a year and sometimes for new screws that he would charge thousands for. Maybe they were worth it but none of my customers ever thought so.
For $2000 for one of his older Reference units you can not go wrong.
Good luck,
Steve
SOS

There's nothing esoteric with the parts used in these units so don't know why the high prices. My understanding is the current units are close to $20,000 but have no confirmed data just what I've seen posted on different forums.