Is it a good idea to buy CD players over 10 years old even it is a reliable brand?

Happy holidays to all of you.
I would like to establish that I was taking about the lifespan of a single model, (for how long we at Gryphon normally keep a model in production), and not about the actual lifetime of a product. Hopefully the lifetime of a product should be way more than 10 years. Wishing all of you Happy Holidays and all the best for 2020 and thanks a lot for raising an interesting topic here at the forum.

With kind regards,
Rune Skov

Yes

A local hifi dealer who has been in business since the 1940's and still going strong told me that when it comes to Dacs, CD players that you should buy new because of the advancing technology. The exception of course are preamps and amplifiers as many of you know they have not advanced that much since the early nineties plus some of the older units are built better and sound excellent. I do have an older CD player from the early nineties and I have kept it because it works good with zero problems and sounds dynamic but I think I could do better with a brand new unit.

Your dealer might have the purest intentions but he is wrong. A good cd player is much like a good turntable, it ages well and can have qualities you`ll hardly find in newer players due to higher focus on oversampling, cheaper drives, smaller components a.s.on.

Jafant makes a good point.  I would check with the mfr. first to see if they still could provide service on the model you,re interested in.  I,m on my 4th player.  The first two had the transport breakdown.  The 3rd and current player exhibited microprocessor problems.  The 3rd player retailed for 4500 back in 2001.  The mfr (a respected high end mfr supposedly) refused to even look at it.  I now have a 35lb paperweight with no recourse. I would never buy a product from them again.