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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

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limomangus
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You are always taking a chance on used equipment, more so on amps anx receivers....I have bought used equipment and it will last sometime a month and then problems start...and I'm taking about Mac Intosh .Went they say oh It has been checked out ,yeah by Who ?

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@limomangus 

I don’t take chances:

- notwithstanding my completely, utterly disgusting political orientation, I’m conservative about a lot of things.  In particular, spending my money. I don’t want to loose it. 
- I always kick the tires. 
- I will buy something that’s a wreck on purpose, IF I know I can have it fixed, or in some cases fix it myself. The purchase price will be greatly discounted, and once I add to the repair cost, I will be ahead, sometimes way ahead. For example, I bought two backup Altec 604s that were damaged. Plus repair, the cost was $650 each. In good condition, they are going for $2,400 a pair. 

sokogear
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You should be able to get a nice discount on $50K speakers. at least 20-25% which makes the decision easier. If I were going to spend that kind of dough (which I wouldn't) I would buy from a dealer for peace of mind. If I couldn't get any discount, I would find a different speaker. You can very often get close outs of 40% or even more because a company changed the speaker and has to unload the old ones, or more likely get the 25% off a demo pair from a dealer that will give you full warranty and support.

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@limomangus

 

as for the

- preamp and tuner (no receivers), I bought them used from a dealer in Manhattan who sells lots of used gear and stands behind everything he sells

- amps, bought from the same dealer. They were a little unstable in the early years, in spite of taking them to an audio engineer who has won 5 Grammys. Then I came across George Kay and Jon Specter. Jon has recently rebuilt them from top to bottom, converted them to triode, replaced/upgraded all the caps, new NOS GE 6LF6s, and re-etched the corroded sections of the circuit board. He’s been working on Futtermans for decades, he started out by working with George Kaye who he still consults with. I have complete 100% confidence in Jon and George.

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