darTZeel out of business?

[bonzo75]

x 1000!!! stupid as fuucck pricing creates an ever decreasing circle of sales until there is none.

Dartzeel are hardly unique with this business model.

Start business with lower pricing, keep increasing prices, after some years most people who are going to be your customers would have bought your product, so shortly before retiring, make prices much higher to get those final “price conscious” customers, after which you don't expect much.

Maybe that’s a signal to spot when a manufacturer is going to retire, they will come out with goods with much higher prices

 

[Paul1960]

Yes then your 99.99 dream Class D amp will appear ...

You mean these? https://www.amazon.com/Fosi-Audio-Two-V3-Mono/dp/B0D91QDRPX Already shipping LOL. No idea how they actually sound but some bozo on Audiogon is always touting them.

 

[DasguteOhr]

If you do a deep dive on the Fakes, there is a large spread in quality. Some of the sellers will spec the parts you want in it. Your basically buying a custom SS amp that has somewhat the same circuit design as a Dartzeel 108. OF course the parts are not the same. But you can spend up to $5000 on a Fake and I have heard they sound very good.

You have to differentiate: The first model from Dartzeel is based on a Diamond Buffer, a circuit from the 70s, nothing special. There are 100% copies from China. Depending on the quality of the components, they can sound really good. The distortion profile is very similar to that of a tube amplifier. The subsequent models have completely different designs.

Best clone

https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005005337803464.html?gps-id=platformRecommendH5ForSpider&pvid=399873f4-6bb4-4d3c-8a55-d646812cb3a9&_t=gps-id:platformRecommendH5ForSpider,pvid:399873f4-6bb4-4d3c-8a55-d646812cb3a9,tpp_buckets:668%232846%238113%231998&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21EUR%212359.94%212359.94%21%21%2118070.00%2118070.00%21%402103146f17198935474382907e905d%21-1%21rec%21DE%21%21AB

 

[Argonaut]

Start business with lower pricing, keep increasing prices, after some years most people who are going to be your customers would have bought your product, so shortly before retiring, make prices much higher to get those final “price conscious” customers, after which you don't expect much.

Maybe that’s a signal to spot when a manufacturer is going to retire, they will come out with goods with much higher prices

$6 Million for a dozen limited edition objects … Not a bad little retirement fund top up !

 

[bonzo75]

They would be 80 and maybe not with us anymore when the Darts gave out.

If they left the hobby and got more off the sofa they might live longer. One of the reasons women live longer than men, audiophiles bring down the male average by not exercising.

 

[tima]

If they left the hobby and got more off the sofa they might live longer. One of the reasons women live longer than men, audiophiles bring down the male average by not exercising.

A value of playing records.