solid state integrateds that will hold their value

(1) As amply highlighted in the prior posts, the inescapable cold hard facts are that a 50% (+ or -) depreciation hit kicks in shortly after you bring that baby home..... Regardless of the brand.

(2) The inescapable depreciation hit can be more. "...hold their value..." is a very subjective and heavily biased conflicting personal value judgement.The intrinsic value to the Seller is invariably more than to Buyer.

cheaply built and thus cheaply priced when new 2 channel audio components sink the fastest ... If you can actually trade-it in or sell it privately at all.

(3) this hobby has these basic tenets ingrained in it. If it bothers you in the extreme, the only way to minimize that raw $$ depreciation hit was already highlighted in the prior posts : buy the kit already used.

sorry I thought it was obvious I was referring to USED gear purchases that hold their value well ... obviously ANYTHING new is going to drop like a stone at least initially. The Rowland and YBA pieces I mentioned are relatively old but both seem to maintain good used pricing.

thanks for the responses though!

Jeff

Lavardin IT and IS. If you can find one....

Krell Pre 2012 equipment holds their value quite well, I see vintage intergratds from 1996 still selling on the market for 50% of the original value, now that is pretty good!

If the choice was only the Rowland or the YBA, I would go with the Rowland. Steady ownership with a good history of servicing non-current models. The Concentra and Concentra II do sound different so depending upon your loudspeakers you might prefer one over the other. I currently own a Rowland 112 power amp (the amplifier circuit use in the Concentra II) and once owned a Concentra and have achieved very good imaging and depth portrayal with either.