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  new gear vs used gear
another thread got me thinking about this,how much of your current rig was bought new & how much of it was bought here on audiogon or ebay.

out of the 14 seperate pcs of gear im currently running 12 were bought on audiogon & 2 were bought at a dealer.

this isnt a dealer bashing thread i was just curious as to the numbers & why you choose to buy used or new.

mike.
Bigjoe  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

08-11-04
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08-11-04   Counting everything, wires, etc. 16 pcs, 6 bought new.   Brianmgrarcom

08-11-04   New is always initially overpriced except few manufacturers ...   Marakanetz

08-11-04   For me it comes down to availability, price, amount of burn- ...   Gunbei

08-11-04   50/50.   Byfo

08-11-04   Hmmmm, very interesting, lets see.... cdp-new dvd-both new ...   Distortion

08-11-04   Most of my gear was bought used. only because you can find ...   Isellstuff

08-11-04   50/50/50 1 new 1 used 1 gift   Uppermidfi

08-11-04   Marakanetz, i disagree that new is always overpriced. when i ...   Fatparrot

08-11-04   It's not like you missing out on that "new car smell&qu ...   Audiobugged

08-11-04: S7horton
I used to be 100% used. Now, I'm about 50/50. I buy used any chance the item I am looking for is available at a reasonable price. Lately, I've been buying new cheaper than I've seen used pieces listed here on audiogon.
S7horton  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)


08-11-04   Fatparrot, i do buy tubes cartridge, arm and tt new. the res ...   Marakanetz

08-11-04   Everything audiogon except speaker cables purchased new from ...   Mejames

08-11-04   50/50/50? brilliant! uppermidfi, are you really yogi berra? ...   Gunbei

08-11-04   All of my cables are new. my cdp was a store demo, so where ...   Nrchy

08-11-04   Everything i have was bought used except one set of intercon ...   Asonicyouth

08-11-04   New preamp, new amp, new speakers, used cd player, new and u ...   Tvad

08-11-04   Lol @ nrchy   Gunbei

08-11-04   Everything other than two pieces bought new. the two pieces ...   Bkeane

08-11-04   New audio alchemy transport used audio alchemy digital inter ...   Rooze

08-11-04   100% new, even with my activity here at audiogon i just don' ...   Tireguy

08-11-04   If i see a piece, used, that i'm looking for, i'll buy it if ...   Oldpet

08-11-04   My reasons for buying used gear are purely financial, im wit ...   Bigjoe

08-11-04   Throughout the last 30+ yrs. of buying audio, i've kept new ...   Driver

08-11-04   100% used...or, if i used nrchy's methods, somewhere around ...   Jax2

08-11-04   Gunbei...you broke a friggen pair of cables?!?! how does on ...   Jax2

08-11-04   Speakers speaker cables, and sacd player new. the rest is u ...   Tarsando

08-11-04   Maggie iib used from dealer a forte' 4a new from dealer a ad ...   Elizabeth

08-12-04   2 new - 12 used pieces. the only new items i bought from a ...   Kurt_tank

08-12-04   Used,mint cond,less then 50%retail, nuff said....... ...... ...   Aroc

08-12-04   I'm also basically 50% new, 50% used.   Trelja

08-12-04   50/50 only because sometimes used is not readily available. ...   Weiserb

08-12-04   Wow, lets see... - 4 pr spkrs, 2 from dealers, 1 review pai ...   Edesilva

08-12-04   Interesting... tuner new...well it was in 1982 universal pl ...   Kennyt

08-12-04   Stuff i would buy new - tt's, arms, & cartridges. cdp's and ...   Newbee

08-12-04   I moved to a small town about a year ago, no audio dealers, ...   Orind

08-15-04   My buying habits have been on small ticket items say 1k and ...   Cylinderking_1


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