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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
czarivey
5,946 posts
 

1. capture picture of speakers you want to purchase

2. stick it to the door of your refrigerator with magnets

3. wait for sometime looking at the image daily and your dream will come true.

megabyte
96 posts
 

I got my perlisten towers very lightly used at 40% off list. If you like saving $, it’s the way to go. 

grislybutter
2,989 posts
 

@willywonka was it a serious question?

logistics
31 posts
 

I'm more concerned about whether the rest of your system warrants these speakers.  Are they a good match to the rest of your rig?

grislybutter
2,989 posts
 

Unless you have a very large room I think you reach the point of diminishing returns around $25K.  

I would be curious about a blind test result for sure. I would 100% fail to name the more expensive speaker in a small/mid-size room.

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