I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do?


two issues here, would it be smarter to buy the used speakers not knowing where they’ve been or how hard they’ve been played or maybe there’s something wrong with them. And the other issue is what happens to the value of my speakers immediately after the box comes to my house. And I guess the third issue is, amI insane for buying $50,000 speakers.

It seems like I’ll be losing $20,000 immediately and of course probably a little more since if I ever sell they will need to be reduced further so used price can be 30,000 if a dealer is involved which they probably will be.

This raises a serious concern that very nice speakers are just too expensive.

Fortunately (and luckily) I’m not married so that makes this process a lot easier

emergingsoul

They are out of my budget, but I am guessing that one can find excellent speakers under your $50,000 budget. If you worry about depreciation or buying used, then perhaps you should adjust your budget to a value that you are 100% comfortable with.

I’d go new. They will immediately depreciate like a car would but should satisfy you for years, decades. Will you be upgrading the rest of your equipment next? You looking at Sonus Faber Amati or Stradivari?