Would you spend you money on modest brand new car or rather buy top notch vintage one?

@yoder Every thing we learn in live comes from long and accumulated knowledge. When it comes to audio, where do you think, todays best learn from? That’s why, as an audiophile, it might be important to learn from older, well engineered electronics as well. Now days, they are a lot of classic vintage gears priced as low as 20 cent on the dollar and this is before the inflation factor. When it comes to dac’s, I currently have modern Lampizator DAC/DSD but I still keep and like my Wadia from 1992 - still stock and working great. So, the moral of the story is that if you have knowledge and shop carefully one can find a gem among the see of just used gears. History is important and can be very useful as well.

Dude, lighten up…. @whart is a major dude and CAN afford the “ gears “…. and the gears and a $1m policy on audio is easy as pie…..

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Anyone who want free Mcintosh MX-110Z, please contact @tomic601. Thank you for your generous donation. You’re the  real Dude.

@tannoy56   Why mention cars if you are not talking about cars?

I have bought a number of items ex-dem,. amps, speakers.  Arguably they have been lightly and carefully used and don't have too many miles on them.  A warranty can be negotiated.  They will probably still be in manufacturer's guarantee.  The discount is substantial, if not as much as used.  Worked very well for me.

One issue to watch is they may have travelled a bit.  Look out for small knocks etc.  The original packaging is sometimes damaged.  My Martin Logan CLX Anniversaries were original packed in cardboard even though they are delicate and heavy.  It got them from UK seller to France but was disintegrated by then.  So I had trouble getting them back to UK again when I returned.  COME ON ML, PACK YOUR COSTLY STUFF PROPERLY.