Given the value that most popular used hifi products retain, I'm guessing that many people are buying new (or gently used) Ares II's and other DACs for trial purposes, knowing that if it's not their cup of tea, they can easily flip them without losing much. If I were in the market for a new DAC, I might be inclined scoop up a selection of Denafrips, Schiit, Mytek, Topping, etc that I found on the used market, knowing that I can sell them easily and only be out shipping and paypal fees. |
@djspinner i think that's a good point. It's what I did. I bought the Ares II pre-owned and sold it again for the same price I bought it for, minus PayPal charge of course. |
The Aries II (which I have) hold their value extremely well. I could at least sell mine for what I paid for it, if not more. Thus, I think it would be easy to sell it knowing that you will get your entire investment back, (and not take a 30-50% hit like most components), and move up to the Pontus, or another ‘even better’ DAC. I think there are many who will like the idea of buying these used ‘locally’ vs new, albeit I don’t think the wait for a new one is all that bad. |
