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A few items that I have owned paid for themselves in full the first time I heard them.
1. Audio Research Ref 3 preamp. When I heard it in my system, I said price be damned, I don't care if I ever get my money back when and if I sell it....it sounded great and it was worth every dime to own it and enjoy it. Paid in full.
2. Sansui TU-X1 tuner. Blew me away the first time I plugged it in and heard it. I paid a fair price for it and immediately got offers to buy it for a lot more than I paid. The enjoyment of owning it far outstripped the increased prices that people were willing to pay me for it. Paid in full.
3. Toshiba XA-2 HD dvd player. Just an incredible hd picture....the upconverted picture was the best on the market. I paid $800 for it and enjoyed every minute of it. When Blu-Ray killed hd-dvd, I sold it for $200 after owning it for only 8 months because the format was dead. Still, the enjoyment of owning it for the short period of time was worth it to me. Paid in full.
4. Marantz BD 8002 Blu-Ray player. I paid $2k for it. I knew going in that I'd never recover the cost of the player. However, the picture that it throws on my giant projector and screen is breath-taking. It was paid in full after the first movie I watched on it. The Blu-Ray and upconverted picture from this unit is jaw-dropping. Paid in full.
Sure, I'd like to recover as much money as possible when I sell a piece of equipt...but, I buy it for my enjoyment..period. I can think of hundred other things to invest in if I wanted to make money...and re-selling audio equipt is certainly not among them.
In 1988 I bought a new BMW 735i. The salesman warned me not to buy a car like that with a 5-speed standard transmission. He was adamant about selling me one with an automatic transmission....he said a car like that would be impossible to get rid of when it came time to sell it. I didn't care....I just loved the way the car drove and handled with a 5-speed. So I bought it with a 5-speed standard transmission, and the salesman just shook his head in disbelief. All of my friends told me I was crazy because no one would buy it when it came time to sell. No one thought to think of the immense joy I got from driving it with a stick-shift. I was sheer pleasure. After six years, I sold it to a buddy that also liked the way it handled,...and got a fair price for it.
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A few items that I have owned paid for themselves in full the first time I heard them.
1. Audio Research Ref 3 preamp. When I heard it in my system, I said price be damned, I don't care if I ever get my money back when and if I sell it....it sounded great and it was worth every dime to own it and enjoy it. Paid in full.
2. Sansui TU-X1 tuner. Blew me away the first time I plugged it in and heard it. I paid a fair price for it and immediately got offers to buy it for a lot more than I paid. The enjoyment of owning it far outstripped the increased prices that people were willing to pay me for it. Paid in full.
3. Toshiba XA-2 HD dvd player. Just an incredible hd picture....the upconverted picture was the best on the market. I paid $800 for it and enjoyed every minute of it. When Blu-Ray killed hd-dvd, I sold it for $200 after owning it for only 8 months because the format was dead. Still, the enjoyment of owning it for the short period of time was worth it to me. Paid in full.
4. Marantz BD 8002 Blu-Ray player. I paid $2k for it. I knew going in that I'd never recover the cost of the player. However, the picture that it throws on my giant projector and screen is breath-taking. It was paid in full after the first movie I watched on it. The Blu-Ray and upconverted picture from this unit is jaw-dropping. Paid in full.
Sure, I'd like to recover as much money as possible when I sell a piece of equipt...but, I buy it for my enjoyment..period. I can think of hundred other things to invest in if I wanted to make money...and re-selling audio equipt is certainly not among them.
In 1988 I bought a new BMW 735i. The salesman warned me not to buy a car like that with a 5-speed standard transmission. He was adamant about selling me one with an automatic transmission....he said a car like that would be impossible to get rid of when it came time to sell it. I didn't care....I just loved the way the car drove and handled with a 5-speed. So I bought it with a 5-speed standard transmission, and the salesman just shook his head in disbelief. All of my friends told me I was crazy because no one would buy it when it came time to sell. No one thought to think of the immense joy I got from driving it with a stick-shift. I was sheer pleasure. After six years, I sold it to a buddy that also liked the way it handled,...and got a fair price for it.
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