Never Used -- in Sealed Box

+1 sugarbie 

my experience with unopened boxes is that they formerly belonged to stores that had gone belly up.

Yes maybe maybe no just maybe.

Just a quick observation that I am guilty of. I have several pieces that are indeed new in box and have never been put into my system. The reason, I wanted a replacement that mated with my tastes and I new I would be happy with regardless of future tinkering.  When they went on sale or closeout I made the purchase. Two REL subs and a Nordost Quantum QRT QB8 mk II. I also have a new BSG QOL, an extra Sony ES 9100ES SACD/CD/DVD player (circa 2005) and a few brand new Shunyata and Synergistic Research power cables. Not all sellers are trying to pull one over on the buying public.

I did this only once. I purchased an Oppo 205, one of the last in fact to use in a bedroom system. I soon changed my mind on the setup for this room and went in a different direction. I never opened the box and I already had a Modwright 205 in another system. About a year later I sold it. Im embarrassed to say for how much.

Dealers have to buy minimums to carry product lines.  Thinning the herd.