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What is going on? No-one buys good stuff priced right.

There are Lamm hybrid monos, Rowland 8T, YBA Passion Integre and Lavardin integrateds, Dynaudio Contour and Confidence speakers,and that's only what I took a look at.
Too many choices, too much hesitation, no funds, not in the mood, summer time ?
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cerberus79
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2channel8 has it right on the money, pun intended. I have slowed my buying to a crawl because the price of used gear is absurd. The prices reflect a depreciation that is just not realistic. I recently looked into a pair of speakers that were 16 years old and the owner was asking 70% of original price. I walked away.
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b_limo
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I've noticed that the audio market has slowed down where Im at as well.  I've been trying to sell a pair of speakers for 8 months.  I've only received 1 lowball offer.  The speakers are priced well.  2 years old, light use at moderate levels, perfect condition, boxes etc.  Msrp was $1800.  I was asking $625.  Got an offer at $550.  Raised the price to $725 :)

Theres a company local to me that has started buying up the gear on craigslist in order to resell it at a higher price on their website.  I've seen gear sitting there for awhile as well (serves them right!).

I usually shift my focus to cars, motorcycles, and road trips in the summer.  As soon as snow starts blowing, I buy stereo gear again!
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danvignau
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I have a pile of stuff to sell when the season changes. I can't wait.
sancho22
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Well some other sites are not much better - I have gear fairly priced (I did a lot of research etc.) posted for 2 years...

As far as old school gear vs newer or SS vs tubes - we all have our preferences. I have a nice mix of fully recapped old school SS gear such as Sansui BA/CA 3000 with the 9900TU and 929 TT - nice but far from say my entry level Shindo gear or even the Almarro 318b which I got for a very reasonable price. I also have Pioneer Series20, Marantz Esotec, Kenwood Supreme700 and Yamaha 2000 Centennial Series with matching NS1000 speakers...Love them all.

However, one of the best sounding set was a mish-mash of Dodd battery powered preamp, Pass Labs Aleph Ono phono amp, Quicksilver Silver 70 mono-blocks with Kuzma Stabi/Stogi TT, SONY SACD ES777 and a McIntosh MR71. All from AG all for pretty decent/very fair price. It took me some time to assemble but it was worth the work/time. I also met nice folks either in person or at least through email.

YMMV - enjoy the music! 


carmenc
293 posts
 
Well said @timrhu .....couldn't agree more.  Regards.....
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