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Why so many amplifiers for sale?

I remember not so long ago when these things were the hot ticket item, touted by all the reviewers as the next-big-thing, giant-killer, blah blah blah. Once again, all of the hype proves to be just that, and now I count literally hundreds of them for sale. So what's the deal? Nobody likes amplifiers anymore? Moving onto some other world beater of a component, I suppose? Go on, tell me it's just because so many of them were sold, hence the vast sea of available product on the used marketplace. I don't buy it. Just like everything else, they've come and gone. Their fifteen minutes of fame are now over. CD players, too. Have you seen how many of those are up for sale? Tossed into the classifieds like a weathered mistress. I knew it was coming, and that's why I've been sticking to singing in the shower. None of this fly-by-night hobby plunging for me. I'm much too smart to get caught up in that.

And by the way, am I still in business? I've been e-mailing myself all week, and get no response.
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grannyring
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I am to blame for many as I try one after the other. Ha! I think I have found the answer. We all like change as our ears become bored or used to a particular sound. Often times we think another amp sounds better, but in fact it simply sounds different. This is particularly true of two great sounding amps.

So I now own two great amps. One tube and one SS. I use one for several weeks and then use the other. I enjoy both and the sound change is fresh to me and my ears. Each time I switch I sear the amp hooked up is better. Funny how that works. Seems to keep me excited and off the amp buying cycle.

That is my experience.

Bill
entrope
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Gears?
m297904
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Because:
1. They can
2. There really is not much difference and they're trying the next latest fashion - yesterday it was Chinese amps, today it's digital amps, tomorrow it's ...
3. They are actually making money on it! The audiophile stereo business has such a massive markup - You can buy a brand new amp (with warranty etc etc) from a dealer who cuts you a good deal, use it for 6-9 months and turn around and sell it for more than what they paid for it.
4. They need the money
5. They don't need the extra system after all (and their "significant other" is ready to kill them for spending thousands of dollars for something they can get at Circuit City for a hundred bucks).

The trick here is to sell your stuff before it goes out of "style" and then buy it back a year later for a fraction of what you sold it for;-)
stanhifi
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Albertporter says:
>>Yea, but I got a pair of Air Tight ATM-3 for sale too<<

Can't sell enough can we?
jax2
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You've heard of hooking up an attenuator and going straight to the amp...well now folks are mainlining the source straight into their coffee making machines! Some fool gave them the idea when he tried premium power cords on his machine, and now he's not getting any of the profits. Someone right here on Audiogon as I recall! The new system sends the analog signal through an attenuator straight to your morning cup-a-joe and you get a double dose of Eva Cassidy that'll keep you going for hours on end. That's right, they're drinking their music...talk about a liquid sound! I hear Alex is already working up some mods for various machines. Get with the program Howard...or were you just scamming to get rid of those doorstops you got pushing those useless speakers. Tell you what, I'll take the whole rig off your hands for what you'd pay to drop the useless heap off at the dump. Deal?

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