They have the same special on their website, for the download-only version (no book/no CD/no box), which is fine. But then when you try to buy it, the $199 price comes up. I e-mailed and will report back if there's an open-sesame that's not documented.
Richard, good tip on Tracertek. They have an interesting website. One thing in particular piqued my curiosity -- they sell flat phono preamps (which are, in effect, high-impedence unbalanced mic preamps) and suggest that "it's not 1975 anymore" and the "modern" way to transfer records is flat and then use DC6 for the RIAA EQ or whatever other EQ one desires. This got me to wondering -- do any of you do it this way? Since there will be such a stringent EQ curve applied, what sort of peak-levels do you want from a flat preamp to avoid digital clipping when the EQ is applied? I can see how, theoretically, a Digi-EQ could be more accurate than an analog phono preamp, but I've got a couple that sound just fine. However, I can see how this could be super-useful for pre-RIAA mono LPs and particularly 78's and transcriptions. Heck, I bet it would be really super-useful for half-speed transfer of 78's.