new gear vs used gear

Fatparrot,
I do buy tubes cartridge, arm and TT new.
The rest of my components either used or refurbed.
As to electronics I'm OK with no warranty to fix problems myself.

everything Audiogon except speaker cables purchased new from dealer at about 35% off list price.

50/50/50? Brilliant!

Uppermidfi, are you really Yogi Berra? :•)

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All of my cables are new. My CDP was a store demo, so where does that fit in?
My TT was a factory upgrade, so it is new/used, my pre-amp was bought used and sent back to Klyne to be completely upgraded to the latest model so it is new/used. The rest is used.
Applying Uppermidfi's math then mine is:
50% used
50% new/used
50% used
and the rest is somewhere in between. I hope someone is doing the math on this. Maybe one of the underworked physicists can do all the calculations.

everything i have was bought used except one set of interconnects i ordered from europe, my cartridge and my turntable. I guess i feel like when it comes to analog it is easy to damage most of these components, therefore i feel much more comfortable buying them used.