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Is the main reason audio equipment depreciates so much is

1.Because technology is always changing and people always want the latest and greatest.
2.It is expensive to repair when it breaks.
3.It has always depreciated a lot since the inception and that is just the pattern it has always stayed in.
4.It is overpriced to begin with.


taters
taters OP
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Jafant,

When you say the mark up is 500 to 1000 percent. Are you talking about the cost to build something versus what it retails for?



analogluvr
859 posts
 
#4
they would like you to think technology is always changing but it is just the same old recycled circuits
taters OP
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analogluvr,

That's the same thing my electronic technician tells me.

jl35
4,013 posts
 
all of the above, and not only in audio. depreciation seems fairly constant. I believe technology and parts quality does change, but not a fast as manufacturers want us to believe.
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jafant
19,733 posts
 
Yes, taters- from original cost to wholesale to middle man to full retail,
there is a tremendous mark-up.
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