Can Audiogon compete with AudioMart (US and Canuck)

It’s the audiophile "Circle of Life". In ’96/’97, A’ Gon took out S’phile’s marketplace and the print version of Audiomart. 

@73cuttysupreme 

It sure will be crazy if I get there. (doesn't seem realistic without a divorce)

@yogiboy Nice writeup except I think you omitted a category: most of how you described USAM (ex: Often the most price-sensitive, deal-oriented buyers) actually applied better to FB Marketplace.

I have bought and sold a LOT of gear over the last 25 years on a variety of sites, including newspaper classifieds (!), the Recycler, craigslist and others besides the ones you mentioned above. For myself these days I heve better luck buying and selling on USAM/CAM and FBM. I do buy on Audiogon but seldom sell here. I have never had a bad transaction on USAM; I can't say that about A'gon.

Having said that, I admit that the discussions in the forums on Audiogon are second to none, IMO. I love coming here but I don't see a lot of gear here that I am interested in. This seems to be home of huge SS amps and refrigerator-sized speakers. Or at least guys who aspire to these lofty audio goals...

@br3098 Truth be told, that was an AI answer that I cut and pasted!

@yogiboy No worries. We all do it. You were honest enough to admit it.