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Highly recommend Paragon Sight and Sound in Ann Arbor, MI

At the high end of the marketplace, Larry, Ron, and the others have really been helpful and given me some great discounts on high quality "pre-owned" audiophile products. My current system includes new Wilson Audio Sasha 2 speakers, an ARC GS150 power amplifier, upgraded Puccini SACD/CD player, and a high-end power conditioner with cables. It sounds incredible! Many thanks - Gerry
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Well the show and demonstrations was great! Thank you Paragon!

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Ive purchased multiple pieces from them (used) in years past and to this day I still haven’t seen the pieces I acquired (Ayre KXR-Twenty Amp/Pre stuff) selling for less on any marketplace site. They also sent me a complimentary bottle of wine for Christmas which was unexpected and a classy thing to do.

My only complaint is that they offer peanuts for Trade-In Gear. I had some Brand New/Sealed Speakers...about 6K retail and they only offered 2K in trade value. Wasn’t happy with that.

ejr1953
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I've had only one transaction with them, purchasing a McIntosh preamplifier, very smooth transaction from start to finish.

As for the trade in values, in any industry where the items depreciate a lot, and do so quickly (i.e. automobiles), the dealer needs to make a sufficient margin to survive, and if the item sold needs warranty service, they must absorb that cost as well.

One of my mother-in-law's friends bought a new Toyota Camry, drove it for a week and thought it was too large a car, brought it back to purchase a Corolla, since it was beyond the "three-day limit", she got about 75% of the purchase price as a trade in!
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If you look at their used equipment page on their site you can see the prices are a fraction of new. They certainly can’t pay anywhere near retail for trade in’s and sell for those prices. 
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