Reason for selling is...

I sell stuff for a variety of reasons, but usually because I'm simply wanting to try something else. Every now and then I try something that I think is particularly appealing for one reason or another and keep it. The component may or may not even be used in my system, but as my system changes, I may have a use for it. If you do that enough times, you end up needing to thin the herd of components that aren't likely to be used, especially if you decide to change directions.

And then there are those components that you try because of all the favorable reviews and opinions, only to find out that other people's opinions are of little value if your own hierarchy of audio reproduction differs from theirs.

I think most seasoned audiophiles can appreciate the sonic strengths of components even if those strengths do not rank high enough in their own pecking order to find a place in their system. What I find to be personally unacceptable very likely differs from what someone else may find to be unacceptable in getting each of us closer to what we perceive is "live" and "real."

How many times have you tried a new component and got that "wow" impression because of its ability to surpass a previous component in a certain aspect, only to conclude some time later that it was unable to equal the previous component in some other area of reproduction, leaving you with the need to decide which area is more important to your enjoyment of listening?

I think most all of us reach a point where we learn to find the balance of strengths and weaknesses of a combinatiion of variables and that has to differ from one system and one pair of ears to the next.

For me at least, half the fun of this hobby is arguing with myself over what to do and/or what I should have done. For example, I was perfectly happy with my loom of Kubala-Sosna cables. So what did I do, I sold all but one of them. Now I’m back in the hunt to create another loom… maybe or maybe not Audience. So, when you see my ad to sell my Kubala XLR Emotion and Nordost Frey RCA interconnects, know that I’m selling them just to have a little fun.

As to what I should have done, I should have grabbed the YG Carmel’s that magically appeared on AudiogoN over the weekend… but instead I sat back to ponder the WAF and someone grabbed them. Such is life.

I list my reasons for selling, because that's almost always one of the first question I get asked. It's usually, "how old is it? Are you the original owner? Why are you selling it?" So I try to address all of those questions in my ad.

How about my wife found out I dropped the cost of a Hyundai on a piece of stereo gear and she didn't think it prudent when our mortgage is underwater.

With the recent FLOOd of zero feedback sellers on here seems like A-gon is becoming swindle cwntral.