Onkyo 875 £200 cheaper if buy silver!?

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Having just found a retailer that is selling the silver version of the Onkyo 875 for £799 and the black for £999 I'm left to wonder why on earth a difference in colour would be worth £200?

Am I missing something?

 

[Anonymous]

The black ones sound better. In a dark way.

Why don't you call and ask them?

 

[Anonymous]

I know it is crazy stuff isn't it?! It's probably cos silver is 'out' of the mo and 'black' is the in thing. But on that note...I wouldn't hesitate to get a silver one even though it will stand out like yellow snow, as they say, on my equipment rack!

 

[professorhat]

Got the same offer on the 905, not sure why everyone thinks Onkyo's (and silver Onkyo's in particular) look so bad - mine looks great under my TV in my opinion! Anyone who pays £200 more for black though has more money than sense in my mind!

 

[Anonymous]

I think the silver onkyo,s look better than the black ones actually, but i do think the onyos are a bit ugly. I think they missed the boat when they broght the new models out by not giving them a facelift and a more apealing look.

 

[Gerrardasnails]

Aeis:
Having just found a retailer that is selling the silver version of the Onkyo 875 for £799 and the black for £999 I'm left to wonder why on earth a difference in colour would be worth £200?

Am I missing something?

First rule of economics; supply and demand. Everyone seems to have listened to Amy Winehouse and gone back to black. I hear what people are saying and no, I wouldn't pay £200 extra for a black one - it would stop me buying that model though and going for a cheaper one in black. I sent back a Pioneer stereo amp last year because it was grey and not as specified, black.

 

[Anonymous]

£200 less!!!! Do you think Audio Excellence will refund me the difference? ha-ha!

But seriously, silver or black.......... my Onk is still butt ugly!

 

[Anonymous]

I picked up a black one from Richer Sounds on Saturday for £799. They did a price match for me as Peter Tyson are selling for that price now. Richer Sounds in Ireland have been selling both black and silver at £799 for a little while now but UK stores wouldn't price match their Irland franchise. I was very pleased that I did a quick price check on Saturday morning before going to collect the amp I had reserved at my local RS store. Easy set up once I realised I had plugged the subwoofer into the "sub in" rather than "sub out" connection and the auto calibration worked great.

 

[Anonymous]

I nearly bought my black 875 from Richer Sounds for ?1030 (£799) until Munster Sounds (in Cork - used to be Richer Sounds until RS in the Republic went belly up) sold it to me for slightly less to go with my Monitor RS6-AV system - on which they undercut RS by ?400 and gave me full manufacturer's warranty rather than Richer Sounds' 1 year warranty.

They also agreed to free delivery...

 

[Gerrardasnails]

Mark Ellis:
I nearly bought my black 875 from Richer Sounds for ?1030 (£799) until Munster Sounds (in Cork - used to be Richer Sounds until RS in the Republic went belly up) sold it to me for slightly less to go with my Monitor RS6-AV system - on which they undercut RS by ?400 and gave me full manufacturer's warranty rather than Richer Sounds' 1 year warranty.

They also agreed to free delivery...

The luck of the Irish!