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

@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. 

I'm not asking for help.  My intent is to spark an open minded discussion on the subject which in terms may lead to different points of view ( as we can see here) and better understand  our rational motive when it comes to purchase new vs. used. 

Indeed the Z is free, just pay for the vintage Telefunken s that come with it….

@tannoy56 Seems the car analogy lost on some. You do mention vintage in the analogy, can understand vintage, used and new audio components being mentioned in thread.

I have purchased and used vintage, used and new equipment over many years. Vintage can be very good, electrolytic caps and other parts can be problematic, as others have mentioned good idea to slowly power up with variac.  Used equipment is is probably greatest value proposition, don't have to suffer depreciation, rather like cars here. As mentioned previously, I also like to go for point to point wiring, if possible with vintage or used.

With streaming and digital in general, usually go new, many innovations here.

By the way, with cars I've nearly always owned at least one vintage vehicle. At the moment, 1970 MGB GT I'm considering morphing into Sebring version.