I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do?

My therapist tells me I have trouble making decisions. All the answers above have been very helpful and probably saved me a lot of money on therapy and I need extended session visits because 60 minutes is never enough time.

Audio component choices are never easy.

My biggest fear is the size of the speaker right now. This is why I raised a question previously about moving speakers around. I think I found a solution with some creative tools that may be able to position the speaker on a platform with low profile casters. And still allow me to retain spikes which is very important.

The problem with a used speaker is that you never know whether anything has happened that’s impacting what you’re hearing and you will be haunted by this thought forever. Fortunately if i ever had to get rid of them I know there are people out there that would probably take them as used and would be very happy. I tend to keep everything I buy and that’s why I have 10 speakers in my house right now and probably would be good to get rid of a few of them although thats difficult.

If I get a good price I’ll probably buy it new. I’ve got a very good dealer I work with.

Before I make the change I decided to replace a whole bunch of small tubes on my amplifier to see what that does and then proceed with a new purchase of speakers.

@lanx0003 

I like this comment, especially a lot.

So many great comments.

I guess the overriding concern that I have is that I think everyone knows speakers can be very overpriced and that’s really absurd.

Manufacturers create subpar speakers at lower price levels and tempt you to buy higher priced speakers that sound better. It’s a con game. They are taking advantage of the seductive nature of listening to things that sound really good to us. It’s affecting the part of the brain that lacks the good judgment when it comes to spending money.

Think about it, why are we being encouraged to spend $50,000 for the type of speakers we all should be listening to.

brag?  Have you ever visited the virtual Displays of systems. This forum feature is probably the best in the world for showcasing peoples individual systems.  It's absolutely remarkable.  I can only imagine all those amazing systems that are not posted to this site.   Truly inspirational what people do in their homes.  

@unreceivedogma

Personally, I think all the hype and excess funds held by older souls, and highly technically expert people who frequent this forum, as well as all the audio dealers on this forum, are what drives this market even higher. The point I was trying to make was the difficulty of purchasing extremely expensive equipment which should be priced a lot less. The only reason why it’s so high is to support lavish marketing and profit motivated executives to exploit all those excess dollars available to support all this.

Truth is, very few people understand all that goes on with a speaker. It’s complicated. Those companies selling these products take advantage of this and when you look into things really closely the people selling the products have no clue what they’re selling. Why should they? Those people with money to spend on the product are not really pushing for a better understanding of what they’re buying Beyond just a few quick questions and maybe a listening session that’s helpful and breaking out a credit card and taking delivery and being treated rather well while they do it. There are really nice people selling audio products.

And for those people with excess funds to spend, they feel better spending more money even though same experience could be achieved for considerably less but for some reason spending more money gives people comfort. if Something seems really good and it’s not being sold for very much i wonder why. And I even say to people selling the product you should charge more and people would feel more comfortable about what they’re buying, including me. And I am rather frugal.

@thecarpathian 

How do you know what I plan to buy. I sincerely have an interest in buying overpriced speakers because they may sound better than what I have and my tube amplifiers may not be allowed to truly shine with my current speakers.  But I didn't post to get a critique on my system components right here, just some overall philosophy issues that I'm dealing with.  

I happened to believe many of the people on this forum have great insights and because of how the world is so isolated from everybody else this forum  presents an opportunity to pursue these types of things in a very helpful manner.  

@fleschler

That’s an incredible acoustical design science project you have done to create an incredibly nice looking and no doubt Great sounding listening room. The massive doors are impressive. Choice of wood paneling also very impressive. As well as every single thing else.

What a treat it would be to visit this room. Yes updated pictures as you mentioned in your virtual Area would also be nice. I’m trying to get the nerve to post pictures but I’m shy. Maybe if I upgrade my speakers I will do it. I Think I am happy with everything except my speakers which probably are really good but I I think I could do better, and I have to decide if I want to keep them because I hate giving up speakers. I just received a bunch of telefunken 5965 nos tubes and maybe I’ll hear something interesting. One of the primary problems is I really can’t leave my house due to some mobility problems so hearing other systems is difficult. I know what sounds good but I just have nothing to compare to so something out there may actually be better.

@ozzy62 

You go boy, stick it to the man

@moto_man

Speakers I’m looking at include the Sonos faber el cremonese, or amati g5, in 23 x 15 room, 8 foot ceiling. 80% home theater 20% 2 channel.

It would be replacing a B&w 802 d3 powered by McIntosh mc901 monos.

It’s a difficult decision. I like the curious design for additional woofers in the il cremonese, ie, built-in subwoofers. The crossovers for these lower speakers is 80 which is interesting as not much is going on at that lower level. But that could be taking a lot of stress off the other drivers  so maybe that’s a good thing.

How much of a sonic change do you think might happen if I replace speakers?