Research before you buy, I am near purchasinga new Cayin SC6 mark2 preamp from chinahifi, ship is $160 and unit $1300, I know i can resell it for $1K on ebay if I d not like it. But my hunch is like 99% its a keeper.
Hchinahifi is willing to give me a $60 discount on shipping if i upload a YT vid shwing off the unit,,,I really do not want the $60,,I make vids on all my components. Return would cost $400, so best i dump on ebay,, but its very unikely senario.
Research is the key.
For $1400 you could have boughta cayin CD17 mark2, and been very happy ,,or resell on ebay for a quick sale @ $1100.,, Shipping back to china is very expensive and may take 2-3 months ship time, CV19 has china shipping extremely slow, unless its a epacket which is near noraml 1 week.
Research here on audiogon by asking questions, and comparing resale value is the key to making wise decisions.
That DAC may not be well know = slow sell time, I'd put it up for bid start at $700,,,if you do not get any bids,,now you know no one is interested and so place on bid start at $600.
10 days, reserve at $800.
Hope some of this helps, My opinions are based on lengthy reserach and 40+ years exp.
Hchinahifi is willing to give me a $60 discount on shipping if i upload a YT vid shwing off the unit,,,I really do not want the $60,,I make vids on all my components. Return would cost $400, so best i dump on ebay,, but its very unikely senario.
Research is the key.
For $1400 you could have boughta cayin CD17 mark2, and been very happy ,,or resell on ebay for a quick sale @ $1100.,, Shipping back to china is very expensive and may take 2-3 months ship time, CV19 has china shipping extremely slow, unless its a epacket which is near noraml 1 week.
Research here on audiogon by asking questions, and comparing resale value is the key to making wise decisions.
That DAC may not be well know = slow sell time, I'd put it up for bid start at $700,,,if you do not get any bids,,now you know no one is interested and so place on bid start at $600.
10 days, reserve at $800.
Hope some of this helps, My opinions are based on lengthy reserach and 40+ years exp.