Appreciate the helpful responses from everyone.
@spatialking The dealer said they would get it fixed through a known Mac repair shop in the air (I looked them up and they seem legit, but are third party and not Mac authorized I believe). The only thing is once its opened, I’m wondering if its resale value will drop. Not sure if it’s possible to lookup amp repair history or warranty history based on the serial number ?
@decooney I’m not set on upgrading everything all at once, but I also don’t want to end up with like 10-15k worth of equipment either. I want to keep it relatively lightweight so that its easier to offload if I need to. My plan is to get a solid state Amp and then preamp I ideally want to get a tube. Was looking at Rogue audio (under $2k budget), not sure if there’s any others in that price range.
@noromance I highly doubt this dealer will throw in anything, this is the type of shop that caters people with lots of disposable income and just expect the dealer to build them a system. I asked them what speakers they have in the showroom under $5k and he could only show me 3-pairs, rest everything was above that. So its that kind of a store where they don’t exactly get bargain hunters. I normally would not buy from such a place, but there’s no other such store in the area.
@stereo5 That sounds like a good deal! I’m going to look around. I found a couple of people on FB market place who said they could give me discount and an authorized dealer’s receipt made in my name, but they claim the item is open box and no disclosing dealer name. Sounds a little sketchy, but I’m wondering if certain dealers do such things to sell below MSRP and cut a deal for people.
Anyone have experience with getting discount on new equipment? Should I be considering something like Luxman or Passlabs? I’m not quite sure how pure Class A works in terms of driving speakers given their small power output, are they only good for really efficient speakers ?
I definitely prefer Mac, but is there anything I’m overlooking that could give me more discounts buying new or save me money with equivalent performance? (No class-D ;) haha )
@spatialking The dealer said they would get it fixed through a known Mac repair shop in the air (I looked them up and they seem legit, but are third party and not Mac authorized I believe). The only thing is once its opened, I’m wondering if its resale value will drop. Not sure if it’s possible to lookup amp repair history or warranty history based on the serial number ?
@decooney I’m not set on upgrading everything all at once, but I also don’t want to end up with like 10-15k worth of equipment either. I want to keep it relatively lightweight so that its easier to offload if I need to. My plan is to get a solid state Amp and then preamp I ideally want to get a tube. Was looking at Rogue audio (under $2k budget), not sure if there’s any others in that price range.
@noromance I highly doubt this dealer will throw in anything, this is the type of shop that caters people with lots of disposable income and just expect the dealer to build them a system. I asked them what speakers they have in the showroom under $5k and he could only show me 3-pairs, rest everything was above that. So its that kind of a store where they don’t exactly get bargain hunters. I normally would not buy from such a place, but there’s no other such store in the area.
@stereo5 That sounds like a good deal! I’m going to look around. I found a couple of people on FB market place who said they could give me discount and an authorized dealer’s receipt made in my name, but they claim the item is open box and no disclosing dealer name. Sounds a little sketchy, but I’m wondering if certain dealers do such things to sell below MSRP and cut a deal for people.
Anyone have experience with getting discount on new equipment? Should I be considering something like Luxman or Passlabs? I’m not quite sure how pure Class A works in terms of driving speakers given their small power output, are they only good for really efficient speakers ?
I definitely prefer Mac, but is there anything I’m overlooking that could give me more discounts buying new or save me money with equivalent performance? (No class-D ;) haha )