(Europe) Master Deals Thread on Audio Product Sales

[TheBatsEar]

Hello,
Im new here and new in hi-fi gear,

Welcome to ASR and welcome to the hobby, i guess.

the offer dissapeared just now, less than 24 h after my first check ... before i had taken the "go" decision

Shame. But hidden-audio.de comes with such offers every few month. Maybe you look for a service online that sends you a message when their site about the speakers changes?
If you have the guts to buy used, try Hifishark, maybe you get lucky.

I am doubful deciding among 3 candidates: q acoustics 3030i (which i found below 300 at muziker.es and also dissapeared), Debut 2.0 b6.2 , Debut reference b6.2 (which became candidate at 399, not at 600) and wharfedale diamond 12.2

I'm looking for the Diamond 12.2 myself, you have to keep your eyes peeled, here and at popular price search sites. Again, i buy most of my stuff used, so Hifishark is one of my best sources.

Do you know if this is typical thing of these stores?Will the price drops happen again any soon?

Yes and yes, if by soon you mean a few month.

 

[hipoagu]

Welcome to ASR and welcome to the hobby,

Thanks!

I'm looking for the Diamond 12.2 myself, you have to keep your eyes peeled, here and at popular price search sites. Again, i buy most of my stuff used, so Hifishark is one of my best sources.

Wharfedale diamond 12.2 are 303€ the pair and I think it may even go 32 euro cheaper tomorrow/tonight as new promotion for the diamond series is advised 20 to 21 April.

Wharfedale Diamond 12.2 - Paarpreis, Regallautsprecher - Hidden Audio

| Wharfedale Diamond 12.2 - Paarpreis, Regallautsprecher

hidden-audio.de

 

[hipoagu]

Thanks!

Wharfedale diamond 12.2 are 303€ the pair and I think it may even go 32 euro cheaper tomorrow/tonight as new promotion for the diamond series is advised 20 to 21 April.

Wharfedale Diamond 12.2 - Paarpreis, Regallautsprecher - Hidden Audio

| Wharfedale Diamond 12.2 - Paarpreis, Regallautsprecher

hidden-audio.de

Progresive disccount on all items in the basket today and tomorrow at www.hidden-audio.de
@TheBatsEar you can get Diamond 12.2 for 271.01€ plus shipping.
Other items have very good prices already plus the discount...

 

[ninetylol]

I think theres some really good deals, but this seems the best I have seen after looking for a few hours:

KEF Kube 10B + 10m 1,5mm² OFC speaker cable for 410,30€ (549,00€)

The sub just started going down in price a few days ago + the discount its ridiculous cheap

 

[Fulix]

Progresive disccount on all items in the basket today and tomorrow at www.hidden-audio.de
@TheBatsEar you can get Diamond 12.2 for 271.01€ plus shipping.
Other items have very good prices already plus the discount...
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Great promo indeed.

I added the Marantz Stereo 70s to the cart but only got 32€ off, going from 788 to 756.

Marantz Stereo 70s -2 Kanal Netzwerk Receiver (schwarz) - Hidden Audio

| Marantz Stereo 70s -2 Kanal Netzwerk Receiver (schwarz)

hidden-audio.de

Is this maybe because there is already a discount on the retail price itself?

 

[Pinkynator]

No, it's because the promotion ended yesterday.

 

[Roland68]

Great promo indeed.

I added the Marantz Stereo 70s to the cart but only got 32€ off, going from 788 to 756.

Marantz Stereo 70s -2 Kanal Netzwerk Receiver (schwarz) - Hidden Audio

| Marantz Stereo 70s -2 Kanal Netzwerk Receiver (schwarz)

hidden-audio.de

Is this maybe because there is already a discount on the retail price itself?

You should take a look at the offer with the Marantz Cinema70s for € 647.50 or 628.08 with bank transfer (3% discount).
Basically the same device with more power amplifiers and additional AV functionality. A look at the devices shows that the additional power amplifiers are simply missing in the stereo version.
But with the Cinema70s you can use bi-amping for the front speakers with 4 of the built-in power amplifiers.
The rest of the functionality should be the same, both have HEOS, but better take another look.
Marantz Cinema70s Hidden Audio

 

[Fulix]

You should take a look at the offer with the Marantz Cinema70s for € 647.50 or 628.08 with bank transfer (3% discount).
Basically the same device with more power amplifiers and additional AV functionality. A look at the devices shows that the additional power amplifiers are simply missing in the stereo version.
But with the Cinema70s you can use bi-amping for the front speakers with 4 of the built-in power amplifiers.
The rest of the functionality should be the same, both have HEOS, but better take another look.
Marantz Cinema70s Hidden Audio

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I do already own the Cinema 70s, bought it for roughly the same price from Amazon DE.

Been testing it for one week now in a stereo setup, paired with my Wharfedale Diamond 12.1 bookshelf speakers.

I feel that 50W is not enough power since when listening to TV audio I have to level up the volume around 60-65 in order to have some decent sound.

I was hoping that the Stereo 70s did a better job with its 75W and HDAM modules.

 

[Roland68]

I do already own the Cinema 70s, bought it for roughly the same price from Amazon DE.

Been testing it for one week now in a stereo setup, paired with my Wharfedale Diamond 12.1 bookshelf speakers.

I feel that 50W is not enough power since when listening to TV audio I have to level up the volume around 60-65 in order to have some decent sound.

I was hoping that the Stereo 70s did a better job with its 75W and HDAM modules.

There is probably not such a big difference in performance in pure stereo operation. In both devices there are only 2 power transistors per channel. The HDAM are in the small signal range and were beaten by good OPAmps 25 years ago. More marketing than anything else.
Try bi-amping on one channel (don't forget to take out the bridges) and compare it with the volume of a power amplifier on one channel. Maybe that's enough.

Alternatively, get an additional and significantly more powerful power amplifier for the preamplifier outputs.
If you don't have a subwoofer yet, it would of course make more sense than all other solutions.
But that's way off topic for this thread...

 

[Dreamers2]

Swissonic X8 3-way active DSP monitor for 198€/pc instead of 298€/pc

Decent measurements except maybe a bit too loud bass which can be partially corrected though with the included bass trim switches or even better as a part from the room correction with an external EQ/DSP:

Swissonic A305

Hello, thomann just released a new small studio monitor Swissonic A305 5" woofer 100$ Might be an interesting price performance candidate. Best Thomas

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daaamn did you tested them?

 

[thewas]

daaamn did you tested them?

Unfortunately not yet.

 

[ninetylol]

Wharfedale Linton Walnut for 749€/Pair 1499€

I already picked my up, it's really for a pair!

 

[hipoagu]

Wharfedale Linton Walnut for 749€/Pair 1499€

I already picked my up, it's really for a pair!

Only sends to Germany .. Denton 85th anniversary 499 the pair, same prize as 80th aniversary. Lucky you!

 

[Roland68]

Wharfedale Linton Walnut for 749€/Pair 1499€

I already picked my up, it's really for a pair!

I just saw it today and it seems to be over already.

 

[ninetylol]

I just saw it today and it seems to be over already.

Seems to be available again. Gogo

 

[Pinkynator]

Just a note for those who don't know - you can get shipping outside of Germany through mailboxde for small packages, though we don't know how big this one is.

Random calculation to Barcelona, 25kg weight, 50x70x50 cm (should be okay maybe?)

 

[ninetylol]

Just a note for those who don't know - you can get shipping outside of Germany through mailboxde for small packages, though we don't know how big this one is.

Random calculation to Barcelona, 25kg weight, 50x70x50 cm (should be okay maybe?)

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70x46x43 22kg per speaker. Not really small, but maybe useful for the Dentons.

 

[TheBatsEar]

Just a note for those who don't know - you can get shipping outside of Germany through mailboxde for small packages, though we don't know how big this one is.

Random calculation to Barcelona, 25kg weight, 50x70x50 cm (should be okay maybe?)

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This is what the KEF Q350 look like in comparison to the Linton 85:

Wharfedale Linton 85th Anniversary speaker review & measurements by Erin's Audio Corner

@manisandher I mean stock passive crossovers. Catch is there is little to none to improve when they are done as good as in this case. I'm sure you're right. I'm not going to try to improve/modify them in any way. On the other end you won't achieve much by moving up the mid to tweater...

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I would say re-shipping will be extremely pricey.

 

[Pinkynator]

Yeah, I roughed up the size of one box (I know the Linton is big) since I don't know the exact box dimension with the styrofoam and padding and etc, so if the site logically sends TWO boxes (one per speaker - it would be a gigantic double box otherwise), then it can be doable - and I forgot to add that the shipping costs above naturally have to be doubled. If you can stomach 100€ shipping, then that German deal could very well be good for you.