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

I wish vintage cars were as reliable as my vintage audio gear.

Oldest 1958: all electro-voice drivers, 64 years old now (horns and woofer) crossovers, L-Pads within my main speakers. Recone kit and L-Pads competitively available. 30 wpc mono amps thar drove them originally. Crossovers tar filled cans, but replacement also readily available.

mx110z Tube Tuner/Preamp from 1964, 58 years old now, full service available, parts scarce.

2 Pairs of AR2ax from say 1968, 54 years old, rehab parts readily available.

R2R Tape Deck Teac X2000R, Orwellian year 1984, seems and behaves fairly new to me, only 38 years old

Vertical Turntable, also 1984, style looks more dated.

Hmmmm, 1984 was a good year, JVC Turntable/Plinth TT81 going strong.

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Favorite car, still miss it, 1994 Jaguar XJS Convertible, Kingfisher Blue. I totaled ours in an auto accident, what a shame. I could buy another, it’s ’only’ 28 years old, but that age stops any daydreaming. link below, click ’images’ near the top of the page

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magical metallic color: looked blue if blue sky, looked green if near grass

Ask Jay Leno

Let someone else take the depreciation hit. I’d buy used if possible. But then it’s all dependent on what and how much? As a side note, I love restored vintage gear. It has more resale potential then new.  

@clearthinker in literature,  it is called - creative writing.

Hello,

No need to use an analogy here. Also. The variables are endless. Tell us the specifics of the gear you want to buy and typically the group here will voice their opinions. My biggest concern is the caps. How old are they and if they were replaced then by whom and with what caps. The next thing if you buy vintage then have it checked out by a shop. One of the biggest things is setting the bias and using a Variac to slowly charge up the gear and caps in the gear. Usually this costs about $50-$75 per component. Believe me you don’t want to buy a vintage car that has value but can cost a fortune to fix unless you have it checked out. I hope this helps.