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Why isn't better quality used gear being made available?

 

I've been scanning used gear for a while trying to look for an amplifier and a line stage pre-amplifier. To me it seems like quality higher end gear being made available is Limited.  Maybe it's a good thing that all this quality gear I'm looking for doesn't want to be sold .

I have never been able to find used cables that are what I'm looking for from transparent, cardas, ect,  or other worthwhile brands in the mid to upper price ranges. I guess people keep their old used cables in a box and don't even bother selling them . Maybe it follows that Quality used components sit on a shelf in someone's basement not being sold. It's tough giving up quality audio components even if you don't plan to use them and maybe keeping them around as back up or for a third listening room that never happens.

emergingsoul
emergingsoul OP
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I bought a used preamp from a dealer in England on eBay for about $20,000 via credit card. there was a misrepresentation issue and before it was shipped I tried to cancel.  It would've been nice to have that preamp. 

Ebay was extremely helpful and they saw in the messaging there was a problem. Fortunately I was able to get the transaction voided and seller refunded amount and I made money on the exchange.

 

 

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roxy54
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@emergingsoul 

20k used? That must have been a hell of a preamp.

ghdprentice
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@emergingsoul 

Holy cow. I have had battles with the seller on a $25 item. $20K? You are very risk tolerant.

emergingsoul OP
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@ghdprentice

It was a VTL used preamp 7.5 iii and it was in the color I was looking for. This was at a time new amplifiers were, and still are, hard to find and I really wanted it. Don’t see too many of these things coming up used for sale

I Settled for something else but it would’ve been better to have the VTL. Another factor was vtl doesn’t like to service or even look at preamplifiers from foreign countries

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markalarsen
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@roxy54

I have some high quality components I will not sell in my lifetime. I am satisfied with particular high-end amps, speakers and cables.  They will not be available on the used market. Others probably feel the same way. 

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