[net.audio] CD price break

richard@aplvax.UUCP (11/28/83)

	Over the holiday weekend I listened to a Technics SL-P7 CD player 
that was priced at $448. The same dealer advertises this player mail order
for $433.  Although this player lacks some of the programming flexibility
of many available players, it sells for LESS THAN HALF the price of the 
first player I auditioned four or five months ago.
	I understand that Yamaha has a CD player that LISTS at about $400
in Japan, with discount prices presumably less.  
	It appears that prices are falling MUCH faster than common predictions
of the past year.  Does anybody want to bet on a $300-$400 CD player by
mid-January?

							Rich Greenberg
							JHU/APL
P.S. If only CD software prices fall as well...