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From: gordonl@microsoft.UUCP (Gordon Letwin)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Technics SLP-8 CD Prices
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Date: Sat, 1-Sep-84 20:13:52 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep  1 20:13:52 1984
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I noticed people talking about buying a Technics SLP-7 for about $375.
May I suggest you consider the SLP-8, available at discount for $450?
I forget exactly where I got mine... they had a big add in the back of
Audio mag... just phone around.   

The SLP-7 and the SLP-8 have identical musical performance, but the
SLP-8 has a whole slew of features (its the second most feature-laiden
CD player I've seen, and I've looked around) including an IR remote
control.

Knowing how marketing works and the cost of ICs vs masking charges,
they're probably identical inside, with the list price of the SLP-8
inflated to "distinguish" between the two models.

	gordon letwin

p.s. - a computer buying service that a friend has used successfully
quotes the SLP-8 for $417, delivered to seattle.  Don't know the
exact dealer as this place acts as a forwarding house and won't
give you the listing dealers name.  Just take this as a hint that
the $458 I paid (w/delivery) may not yet be the best price in town)