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The latest flavour of the month speaker

It's not an origonal observation, but why do we get the sudden flurries of posts and threads on a new speaker, or anything in fact? Following on from that, are you one of the sheep, or lone wolves shouting Bah humbug, my 30 year old Harbeth speakers are better than any new kit?

Following on from the first flurry, is the later question, Why are so many of this speaker up for sale on the Gon? That is one of the sheep worrying they have been too gullible. I am thinking here of Acoustic Zen speakers, now I use them, so I am plainly one of the sheep.

I have bought at least 2 popular Gon products, the Zen speakers and the TW Accustic Raven one turntable and am very happy with both, so I am not sure there is any harm in being swepped up by other members enthusiasm. The problem comes in answer to the question, why do they all go up for sale? Presumably people have taken up the next best thing ever.

So are you a sheep or a wolf? Be honest now
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shadorne
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Much of what any living creature does is unfortunately but of course often dictated by fear.

Yeah, however, most of what a man does seems to be dictated by his wife and mother-in-law.... ;-) We got more brawn but it would seem we get outmanoeuvred by their wits everytime...
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Curiosity has been known to get the best of me sometimes.

I tend to make my own path in general though. I took delivery of some Pioneer S-3EX floorstanders a couple days ago with no buzz on them what-so-ever. They are gorgeous and definitely look their price point and above. I am still getting the positioning right but they sound great already. (Buzz Alert) You will probably be hearing a lot about them in the months to come.
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"Yeah, however, most of what a man does seems to be dictated by his wife and mother-in-law."

And that's not due to fear???
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mapman
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Forget flavor of the month. These are just hot topics of discussion and alone does not establish any merit.

Products that have been around for a while and have garnered a good # of positive reviews from users tend to be the safest.

My rule of thumb is that if you find 2-3 independent sources that say the same thing about a product that has been around for a while in separate reviews, there is a good chance that what is said has some truth.
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I can think of a couple reasons that are not a negative commentary on the people selling the flavor of the month.

1. Many people on Audiogon don't have the oportunity to listen to an item they are considering buying in their own system prior to purchase. They buy something that sounds like it may be what they are looking for and put it up for sale when it turns out not to be.

Some people may not feel comfortable taking up a dealer's time when they have no intention of buying new. I hope there's a lot of these people out there.

2. Someone may notice a significant improvement in sound when they put a new speaker (or amp, etc.) into their system and decide they want something even better. So the item goes back up for sale.

I also think that a lot of buying and selling is done for less positive reasons like audiophilia nervosa or the buzz (short term) you get when that new piece of gear arrives.
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