Sky HIGH fi

I wouldn’t buy even a box of Kleenex from them. 

Well, the SkyFi one is listed at $6499.00 and includes: The Ultimate Factory upgrade - $1595.00, Bybee Music Rails and Kimber Kable internal wiring. The Cary Direct price is $6746.00 without the options. SkyFi has stellar feedback and lots of sales here on AudiogoN.

https://skyfiaudio.com/collections/preamps/products/cary-audio-slp-05-tube-analog-preamp-with-upgrad...

I note that they have a used Cary SLP 05 preamp listed for over $200 more than a NEW one from Cary Direct.

Me lose sleep? Ha ha! NEVER!!!!

LOL.  I thought to myself.  the saying sky fi where the prices are sky high.  Almost wanted to message and say are you serious? 

Pass i will get newer gear not overpriced OLD STUFF.

@beeswax 

Sort of worried folks like this are going to change the nature of the market, inserting themselves as speculative middlemen, which is pretty much what they are. If a whole layer of these folks get in, it's going to be harder to buy rarer pieces at a fair price because they will have aggressively scoured, snapped it up and then they flip it with some fancy copy they've written. No thanks.

i wouldn't lose sleep over this... there just isn't that much money in it

Sort of worried folks like this are going to change the nature of the market, inserting themselves as speculative middlemen, which is pretty much what they are. If a whole layer of these folks get in, it's going to be harder to buy rarer pieces at a fair price because they will have aggressively scoured, snapped it up and then they flip it with some fancy copy they've written. No thanks. 

If the owner (jerk) hadn’t banned me, there were 3 items I probably would have bought.   I’m glad I didn’t now. 

A Turkey for sure.

I've noticed the same thing, and agree their ads are generally easy to spot.  

Sky high prices.

Old and overpriced audio gear that is ancient history.

I do the same ozzy62, it's fun...so I guess they do contribute some entertainment here...

I have been wondering the same thing, seems to be a lot of sellers just like them also. A cracked pair of sopras have been listed for over a year. I finally saved for speakers new or used. nothing to buy going to keep what i have.

Jjs49,

That makes sense to me.

i don’t think folks who frequent this board and have been messing with hi end hifi for 20-30-40 years are their target market

from how they present themselves they are after relative newbies who are just getting into and understanding older hifi, and want some assurance of qc when buying used/’classic’ gear... same younger gen high earner folks who get into air cooled porsches and pay top dollar for cars and service due to lack of experience -- but have a great deal of ’want’ for the older cool stuff

Would not buy a thing from those conmen.

I am proudly banned from purchasing from them after I corrected the owner on a classified ad they posted on Audiogon.  They were selling one of the older variations of the Technics SL1200, it may have been a Mark 5 or 6.   He stated it is the same turntable as the  new SL1200G which goes for 4 grand.  When I told The owner he was wrong and why, he gave me a smug remark, something to the effect that “I guess I should have consulted you first before posting.  I guess I don’t know as much as you”. This may not be the exact wording, but you get the gist of it.  He also banned me at that time.  

I have found their prices are very much higher than normal for McIntosh gear.  I compared prices between them and Audio Classics on the same exact gear and in every case, AC was less money. 

Ive wondered the same thing.  I notice they just keep relisting stuff, and the price never changes. 

" Hard to believe the seasoned audio gurus in these forums are falling over themselves to overpay."

I doubt if this is their customer base.

Yea, I have taken note of a few pieces for sale by them that I had to take a double take myself. Enjoy the music