and? the t3 stuff is selling.. so good for them. nicessary? no.. but it sells at taht, why not keep it at that, eh? i know you as the consumer want the cheapest you can get. but from the retailers point of view it is perfectly clear.
We can thank
eBay, online retailers, etc for this. I honestly think this hurts people who try to sell anything here. It seems as though just because something is not considerably lower than
eBay or online stores, people selling used have to drop there prices and sell their stuff at a loss.
It also seems as though products that were bought authorized don't make a difference. Sure, people want it to be bought authorized, but what difference does it make if the warranty will not transfer over? Or even if it was bought authorized, people still expect it to be lower than
eBay and online store pricing.
Another thing that hurts people selling their used items is the fact that it is used. Seems like even though it's in mint condition it needs to be sold for a low price just because it is used. Will become used anyway, and I understand there should be a price difference but sometimes people expect things to be much cheaper.
As others mentioned before, distributors and and manufacturers have contracts in place. If the manufacturer wanted to sell directly to you, they wouldn't bother having a distributor or retailer in the first place. Having distributors/retailers expands business.
I can understand wanting to get the best deal possible, but sometimes you just have to live with the price, even though others have gotten it at lower prices. You can't always expect to get something at a steal, sure sometimes you will come up, but its not going to happen all the time.
how would the TSS compare to either an HD3 or the HDC3 in terms of output?
Varies. Nobody is going to directly know. And I doubt many people have even compared them directly.
BTW, if you want low end, and I know there are TC haters, but I have found that they make low end monsters. Just another option. There other companies that produce great low end drivers. I haven't heard the T3 so I can't speak about it or compare it to TC, but I've owned many TC drivers (not as many as visitor, dalucfier, and some others), but still a good amount and I have been impressed with the low end that their drivers offer.
