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Wow: a steal at this price! I wonder where they got them from (must be ancient stock
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(Europe) Master Deals Thread on Audio Product Sales
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No. KEF LS50 1st gen remains widely distributed by FNAC. And as such, still manufactured.
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I wasn't aware, that the first generation is still in production: thank you for the correction. I used to sell them at a hifi shop about a decade ago: a remarkable speaker with some flaws though. But which speaker around this price point is flawless? It remains a bargain at the offered price...
With a good subwoofer they do a really nice system , well it's still a small coaxial but they are awesome for the price
Yes, I saw that, but I'm indecisive and once decided I'm impatient haha. Next day delivery pushed me real hard to the order now button.This is still valid, might be cheaper, i don't think the cost of shipping to the Netherlands can be much.
You could maybe buy cable for your gift certificate instead.
(Europe) Master Deals Thread on Audio Product Sales
Sennheiser hd660s €299 ( was 449) Also at some Amazon, Thomann, Bax
B stock weiss at €525 per piece at CSM fachhandel
Philips Fidelio X2HR/00 79,99€ on Amazon France...
Am I right in thinking that we can't assume that's the same as the regular X2HR? This is the X2HR/00 which is an Amazon Exclusive, so I'm thinking it might have a different frequency response than the regular X2HR? Which is important if you want to know what you're buying, and the fact that Oratory has measured the regular X2HR and we can't really assume this X2HR/00 has the same frequency response?
I don't think this is a 'made for Amazon only' model, it's on Philips' website: https://www.philips.co.uk/c-p/X2HR_00/fidelio-headphones
Maybe Amazon bought the last of the stock?
Yep, that's weird, I searched on Philips website for X2HR, and the only model that came up was X2HR/00, so there's only just the one version by the looks of it - so is a bit bizarre why Amazon labelled it as "Amazon Exclusive" because my understanding was that this meant it was a different model, but in this case it's not the case - looks like people can be confident they're buying the regular X2HR, good!
EDIT: I almost was gonna buy this from the French Amazon website there as it was only £74 imported by the looks of it, and partly drawn by the soundstage reputation of this product combined with reasonable frequency response, but it's quite high distortion and doesn't do bass that well in that respect.....so I was almost curious enough to buy it, but I didn't pull the trigger because I'm pretty sure it won't offer anything beyond the current headphones I own. It's a good price though!
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Why not ?
And that didn't start in 2018, by the way.
I got mine way earlier (500€/1700€ a pair respectively) from a reputable shop in Belgium.
Even lower depending on means of payment (an extra 3-5%), Super tempted, if there was a way to inspect their condition i would have pulled the trigger.
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It's the same.
Neither.
This deal is a long time classic on Dealabs and come back every 3 months or so (lowest price was even 73€ in November 2022).
And this specific reference is listed at Amazon FR from 2017.
Because of the severe inflation that hit the French Hi-Fi market for the last 12 or 18 months.
Not sure it will get back to "normal" anytime soon.I know. But lowest prices I've ever seen were for this period, and same deals came back several times a year (Winter Sales, Summer Sales, BF, Christmas)
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After the slash the two digits of Philips products are regional codes, see below:
Source: https://en.tab-tv.com/identifying-the-models-of-philips-tvs-2012-2015/
These two last digits are used more than 6 decades on Philips products, here for example some MFB loudspeakers (which I also own) from 1978 (below image is not mine):
I paid mine 500€ for the pair second hand...
We should get a pair of Vestia 4 for Amir to measure.
I still love my 948.
Yes, there are better loudspeakers, that's obvious. But for the price ?
Do you know what region the 00 stands for then?After the slash the two digits of Philips products are regional codes, see below:
Source: https://en.tab-tv.com/identifying-the-models-of-philips-tvs-2012-2015/
These two last digits are used more than 6 decades on Philips products, here for example some MFB loudspeakers (which I also own) from 1978 (below image is not mine):
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Good question, just a wild guess as it seems to exist since at least 50 years and is such a basic number maybe for "worldwide"?
Yeah, it could be, some logic in that!Good question, just a wild guess as it seems to exist since at least 50 years and is such a basic number maybe for "worldwide"?
Cheers, ordered a pair to Germany, shipping was less than 5€.
I sold my Kef LS50 Black Edition for 500€ a few weeks ago.
But seriously, it's just money.
Without joking, it's just 65€.
Happens to me all the time, it's just the cost of the hobby
