Actually, transferrable warranty goes even one step further as it can "influence" your purchase decission.
Before I bought my Mark Levinson equipment I seriously considered a Krell 350MC or a 600 but after learning that the warranty can only be transferred by an authorized Krell dealer, but the equipment I was interested in was sold by a private person, I changed my mind and went with ML instead. I sure like that they honor the warranty and it was just a matter of providing the serial numbers.
To a smaller extend it might even backfire at the manufacturer as when purchasing new equipment you might already think about warranty transfer when you are ready to sell or upgrade.
For me it's important that the "used" equipment has a warranty as I fully agree with all of you that the warranty is with the equipment and not with the person buying it, thus, it should be honored by the manufacturer.
And regarding Bryston I just bought a used 10B-Sub x-over and still have 19! years of warranty left. They had no problem with the transfer either. What else could I ask for?!
Before I bought my Mark Levinson equipment I seriously considered a Krell 350MC or a 600 but after learning that the warranty can only be transferred by an authorized Krell dealer, but the equipment I was interested in was sold by a private person, I changed my mind and went with ML instead. I sure like that they honor the warranty and it was just a matter of providing the serial numbers.
To a smaller extend it might even backfire at the manufacturer as when purchasing new equipment you might already think about warranty transfer when you are ready to sell or upgrade.
For me it's important that the "used" equipment has a warranty as I fully agree with all of you that the warranty is with the equipment and not with the person buying it, thus, it should be honored by the manufacturer.
And regarding Bryston I just bought a used 10B-Sub x-over and still have 19! years of warranty left. They had no problem with the transfer either. What else could I ask for?!