New upper trim level Corvette or seven year old used amps?

The current (new) Corvette is the first one I'd look twice at - all of the older versions did nothing for me.  But I suggest that you wait about 2 or 3 years and buy one at a much depreciated price from an owner that just lost his license.....(my automotive tastes run more to the European cars - BMW, Lamborghini, Jensens, so part of my lack of love for the Vettes was the fact that they didn't handle very well in earlier series, didn't go very well in later ones and finally came of age with the C7 that was just a tad too transformerish in styling for me).

Having said that, unless you are a car nut like me that tends to keep his cars I like (I still own a car I bought in 1970) you'll probably have that amp much longer than you'd have had the Corvette and it will cost you less in upkeep.

 @saeyedoc  she does have a mean streak, her comment about our Zanzibar Red Boxster S was that it “ didn't match her skin tone “...I can assure you in the tight narrow roads of the Missouri bottoms it eats Vettes for lunch.

yes of course CPO...2006 996 Turbo w X-50 powerkit, $160 sticker for $72 in 2009... crazy depreciation...

still, missing my 993

Joyofsound 12-20-2019
Enjoy life in good health with loved ones and do the things that bring you joy, with no regrets.

This is probably the best single sentence in the entire thread, IMO, among many others that have been excellent as well. And best wishes for your own good health.

Love my 6-cyclinder 2014 Cayman S (981 series). When I need to carry things it can’t accommodate I use my 2018 Macan S, which is also fantastic.

Regards,
-- Al

Stick with audio equipment.

I own a C5 Vette.
The first decent riding vette since inception. The rest were very very rough.
That was the year they almost canned the car and it was a rebirth for the model.

Vettes are racing cars especially now.

As an audiophile do not plan on enjoying music in your Vette on the highway the acoustics are horrible.  At best AM broadcast is most feasible. The cars are loud.  Even the new models. If that.turns you on well so be it but it is highly annoying to sensitive ears.
The Run Flat tires are absolutely rubbish for daily driving I swapped out for regular sport tires.

The C5 and C6 generations were the last of.the Romantics....the new one's are a vapid piece of machinery in that dept they have gone by the way of.the Transformers look like Camaros and Dodge sport cars.

All in all at 22k for a 04 with 30 thousand miles I am not complaining but Vettes are more myth and legend than they are cars.

Your physicality may pose a problem getting in and out of one too.

Woman could care the less about them and the ones that like them probably wont be your type.

Porsche has managed to keep the Romance going in my opinion albeit at.a much cheaper price point.

Credit to Paul McCartney who owns a C5 at his age still digging one..

Millercarbon: wow touched a nerve, eh. You did not address my questions though. After just two years the GT40 engine was determined illegal by the FIA, so Ford pulled out. Where is the FIA based? Europe, where P and F cars are made. Why didn’t the FIA disqualify the 917 or 935 engines after a decade of dominance? Look at the early 80’s pics of Daytona 24 hrs. It’s like the 24 hrs of Porsche, with a mustang and two beemers. Also you didn’t address: why didn’t Porsche go head to head with the Audi at Lemans? Because they don’t Ike to lose, that’s why.
Fact: Porsche has made some of the best cars in the world. So has BMW and Bentley and Mercedes, and FORD!
Fact: the FIA is very political, and biased.

A racing rules body, political? Imagine that.
News flash: the race isn’t all on the track.

When you’ve mastered the subject, believe me, there are no nerves. There is however a sense of humor. Porsche afraid of Audi. Good one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clZOMYjaGt8