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

@moto_man

Speakers I’m looking at include the Sonos faber el cremonese, or amati g5, in 23 x 15 room, 8 foot ceiling. 80% home theater 20% 2 channel.

It would be replacing a B&w 802 d3 powered by McIntosh mc901 monos.

It’s a difficult decision. I like the curious design for additional woofers in the il cremonese, ie, built-in subwoofers. The crossovers for these lower speakers is 80 which is interesting as not much is going on at that lower level. But that could be taking a lot of stress off the other drivers  so maybe that’s a good thing.

How much of a sonic change do you think might happen if I replace speakers?

can you tell us how much you make in a month?

if you make more than $30k go for the new pair

less than 30k but more than 20k go for the used pair

less than 20k look for cheaper speakers or save the money for better things

As Deep_333 said, the type of people that buy $50,000 speakers are not going to flog them. Their musical tastes likely run toward classical or jazz, neither of which are terribly hard on speakers unless deliberately pushed to the point of clipping. I’ve purchased used speakers since the early 2000s, and never had any issues. Ditto for speaker cables, interconnects and power cords, which I always buy used because they’re much less expensive AND already broken in. (I like MITs, which take 300+ hours to break in).

What’s my point? Instead of buying a new pair of $50,000 speakers, look for a used pair of $75,000 speakers (the ones you REALLY want) for $50,000. You may also be able to find a dealer that has some taken some back as a trade-in towards a higher model that will throw in a full factory warranty to sweeten the deal. 

Listen to them before you do anything else.....make sure the speaker works as intended

The OP’s B&W vs Sonus faber are very different sounding speakers.

Although I demoed several B&W 800s speakers, didn’t resonate with me and seemed bright.  Sonus faber is much more musical which translates to engaging.  Although we all have our personal preferences in speaker sonics, hard to imagine the OP not liking the Sonus faber