(1) As amply highlighted in the prior posts, the inescapable cold hard facts are that a 50% (+ or -) depreciation hit kicks in shortly after you bring that baby home..... Regardless of the brand.
(2) The inescapable depreciation hit can be more. "...hold their value..." is a very subjective and heavily biased conflicting personal value judgement.The intrinsic value to the Seller is invariably more than to Buyer.
cheaply built and thus cheaply priced when new 2 channel audio components sink the fastest ... If you can actually trade-it in or sell it privately at all.
(3) this hobby has these basic tenets ingrained in it. If it bothers you in the extreme, the only way to minimize that raw $$ depreciation hit was already highlighted in the prior posts : buy the kit already used.
(2) The inescapable depreciation hit can be more. "...hold their value..." is a very subjective and heavily biased conflicting personal value judgement.The intrinsic value to the Seller is invariably more than to Buyer.
cheaply built and thus cheaply priced when new 2 channel audio components sink the fastest ... If you can actually trade-it in or sell it privately at all.
(3) this hobby has these basic tenets ingrained in it. If it bothers you in the extreme, the only way to minimize that raw $$ depreciation hit was already highlighted in the prior posts : buy the kit already used.