Rawson Resale......

I as many note, buy and sell on Agon for the ability to try a variety of equipment, I couldn't afford 10 years ago, but now can. I purchased a DIY Class A Jfet amp here on Agon, to see, before purchasing a First Watt J or Aleph 30 at the going price here on Agon. I believe a lot of folks try the excellent work of master DIY'er Rawsonte, ultimately buy the brand version and sell the DIY amp off to the next newbie to Class A SS. And on that goes, a pay it forward philosophy if you will. For now my DIY sounds great and will likely default to the secondary system once another First Watt Aleph J comes along for the primay stereo. All the best fellow Agoner's, I greatly enjoy this website.

great to hear such a passionate outpouring for these amps. In defense of the OP, knowing nothing of Rawson amps other then seeing them in ads, I too thought at times that there seemed to be many of them for sale.

It would seem that this thread was started as an observation looking for an explanation if there was one. I don't see the reason for so many personal attacks against the OP or questioning a supposed motive.

Point taken, Tholt, but this is a perennial question on this board and it's almost never possible to know the truth without polling all the sellers individually. In other words, often enough it just leads to unproductive speculation.

Occasionally some items do come up in a clutch when a manufacturer brings out a new model. The AKG 701 spate appeared when the 702 was introduced ; the Graham 2.2 popped up for a while after the Phantom came out ; and so on.

Tobias, I didn't realize that the question of Rawson amps for sale was, as you say, perennial. I would think the perennial question on this board is the one asking advice about what to buy next or for comparisons of diff audio gear.

I do think the OP could have worded his question more neutrally to not spark an outpouring of backlash.

Sorry Tholt, I wasn't clear. The perennial question to which I referred, above, is not about Rawson gear in particular, it is about almost every make of gear that appears for sale in a cluster ( or IME not in a cluster, even ). The question being, "Why are there so many (put brand here) (put unit here) for sale recently?"

The other two questions you mention are, of course, perennial too.