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..
How many people here generally buy used?
Just curious. Most of my equipment I purchased new. My Firstwatt J2 was a demo that I swear was new. Outside of a DAC where latest tech may be desired, buying used (if a fair price) seems to be a great way to purchase something you normally would not be able to afford. Of course, condition, care of component etc needs to be taken into consideration
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
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