How many people here generally buy used?

I have bought and sold a ton of gear over the years (check my feedback and you will see) as I enjoy trying out many different things and investigating system synergy, and in order to do it in a manner where I don't lose a ton of money, used in 8/10 condition or better is the only way to go. However, interestingly enough, the equipment I have kept the longest are pieces I bought new from a great dealer, Taylor at Goldprint Audio. If you ever want to get off the audio merry-go-round, he's a great place to do it! I can also recommend Bel Canto gear. Great sound and great people!
Enjoy the music and be safe, but hopefully, very soon, we'll be able to get back to it!

I bought a Cambridge Audio Azur R650 and Vincent SV237 and my prized used Marantz 2275 all used, in excellent condition. I had the Marantz 2275 restored a couple years ago and recently the Marantz had a stereo channel issue and I took it in to a local Audio Service repair and after the repair was complete; the technician told me he found the issue in a dirty pre-amp switch. He then told me that the Marantz 2275 sounded amazing and how well built amps they are and they tend to run cooler than most brands.  He then said he has worked on many Marantz through the years and the 2275 will come in a while and he was really impress with hearing the 2275 once again. The 2275 was not restored by the mentioned Audio Repair shop. The used audio mart allows you to purchase a awesome system at a lower budget and all three of my systems are used audio purchases. Chuck 

I usually try to buy used, simply because you can get more for your money. But, if I want a certain color or feature then I buy new at the best price I can obtain it.
Right now, I would say my system is about 50-50 new/used.

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Mt first used piece was a Crown pre-amp to go with my new Phase Linear 400.  After a 1979 Kenwood TT and Tuner, I have bought mostly used.  I did buy my first Audire pre-amp new, because the factory sales rep, my neighbor, was out of them. All of these have been upgraded with used equipment, which has allowed me to buy a lot of stuff to resell as I found what I liked.  The only amps I tried and sold were a a Sumo Polaris, which has a smallish power supply that lost the bass at high volumes, and an NAD PE100 plus an Adcom, both of which I could have lived with but was I was already spoiled by much better Audire.  I did got through some tuners, including a Sansui TU707/717 which was surprisingly good..

Used 90% of the time.