Higher End DACs

i’ve done great on usaudiomart for expensive highly desirable gear. the key is to look everyday and jump on the unit without too much haggling if you really want the piece. the gear like a rossini will most likely sell in a day. this site(audiogon) is good but way too expensive on high dollar gear. just my opinion. 

From my experience, USAM is worthless for high priced gear. Only cheaper stuff, say $2K or less. Mostly attracts lower budget folks. The big advantage is that it’s free to the seller. 
IMO, Audiogon is the best place to sell high end gear. Hands down.

As an alternative, and if you don’t want to deal with the hassle of a private sale, check with the Music Room. You will likely get less than from a private sale, but the process is seamless.

@kren0006 : T+A amps are great. I own the PA 3100 HV integrated amp. If I could afford it though, I would buy the SD 3100 HV in a heartbeat 

@4425

@thyname

thanks for the secondary market thoughts!

would you expect the Lumin X2 to hold secondary value pretty well (ie like the Rossini) or not as strong (like the T+A)

trust me. if you have the right unit it will have no problem being sold. i’ve marketed dartzeel, luxman and agostino with ease. also dcs. i use both sites but have been astonished at the quality of buyers on usaudiomart. they are there and they will find you.

ufguy73,

I'm coming a bit late to the thread, and I see that @mikelavigne has already introduced MSB as a contender, being a very satisfied owner himself :) 
I can say that, having supported MSB for many years, first as an owner and then as a dealer, that it is indeed on a league of their own. 
Matter of fact, it's really hard for me to go back to a "chip DAC" (delta-sigma) now. As a dealer, I get to hear most of the products out there, and the naturalness of the ladder DAC process is something, I've found out, that is hard for me to live without. Due to that, even our other line of DACs also employ discrete ladder DACs (Aqua, from Italy).
So, at the higher end of the DAC spectrum, I wouldn't consider anything with an off-the-shelf chip, no matter how good the project, for that product will have obvious drawbacks, mostly in how natural and realistic (ie. "analog") it'll sound.
To close, I was just reading Positive Feedback's report on the Florida show, and this is how they ended their report on the MSB room:

"Then they put on a 1964 Dean Martin track "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)"—that absolutely sounded like Dean was in the room—the realism was uncanny." 

cheers,
Alex
Alma Music and Audio