I think 2) and 3) hold true with a bit of "mismatch" Gregm talks about. You read all the rave reviews that praised a piece of gear the best thing ever walked on God's green earth, but it somehow didn't live up to your expectations in your system. Maybe the reviews were just a hype, or it could be a system synergy issue. In that case I'd sell the product while it still lives off its rave reviews. I've had couple such incidents and sold them within weeks of my purchase.
I don't get it
I breeze through the Agon classifieds every few days and am absolutely astounded by the number of listings of equipment that is "less than 1 year old" and in many cases less than 3 months old. The implied financial hits are staggering. I have developed a number of theories:
1) The equipment is being bought by store/distributor employees at or close to wholesale and being flipped at no loss or maybe even a profit.
2) Audiophiles have some sort of obsessive-compulsive disorder that forces them to continue to change out components irrespective of need or cost.
3) Audiophilia(?) is like being addicted to herion, every day you need a new fix because whatever the last addition did for you, it wore off and something new is needed.
4) Some audiophiles have way too much money.
Don't get me wrong - I appreciate the chance to buy equipment at a discount as I generally can't bring myself to pay retail for most of this stuff. However, I'm curious why all this nearly new equipment is here.
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1) The equipment is being bought by store/distributor employees at or close to wholesale and being flipped at no loss or maybe even a profit.
2) Audiophiles have some sort of obsessive-compulsive disorder that forces them to continue to change out components irrespective of need or cost.
3) Audiophilia(?) is like being addicted to herion, every day you need a new fix because whatever the last addition did for you, it wore off and something new is needed.
4) Some audiophiles have way too much money.
Don't get me wrong - I appreciate the chance to buy equipment at a discount as I generally can't bring myself to pay retail for most of this stuff. However, I'm curious why all this nearly new equipment is here.
Thanks