Do you buy new, used or new or used gear?

I buy both new and used. Funny thing, I only have had issues with the gears I bought new, which is a good thing because they are usually under warranty. The used gears, I have had zero problems with them. Weird. 

both. i prefer used gear, buying at resale value. sometimes its economics, sometimes its because what i want was manufacured decades ago, and sometimes its the bargain. in addition, i dont always wnt to keep something so much as experience using it. much of the fun is trying something new to me, be it records or a phono state or whatever. 

this can be time consuming. asking prices are often nowhere close to value, so it requires a lot of patience or a lot of acquaintances who actually want to sell something. 

ive bought a few things new--rega turntable, van alstine phono stage, tavish phono amp, but most of what ive bought new is kits. 

My system is based on a refurb amplifier from the manufacturer, new speakers bought at a discount on ebay and a purchased new 26 year old sub, I tend to buy used source equipment but am not willing to buy used amplification or speakers older than 10 years.

I would buy new, used, even demonstrators as long as they worked correctly, and cosmetically they dont' have scratches.

Electronics don't wear out like a car.

@cey 

this can be time consuming. asking prices are often nowhere close to value, so it requires a lot of patience or a lot of acquaintances who actually want to sell something

Yes, absolutely.  Stereo gear is like a car... it loses a lot of it's value when you open the box.  If you bought an amp for $10K, use it a year, to me, that's worth about $4K as long as everything is in order and it comes with the original box (primarily because I won't have a warranty).  But when I look online, guys want 80% of the original cost, for something that's still being made, which is unserious.