granted there are lowballers trying to get lucky. If they succeed one out of 300 times, they will forever keep trying to recreate that high.
Sellers are at the mercy of how much of a market there is for their particular product. For example, if you browse multiple selling sites, there are Revel Salon's selling for $5800, $11,000 and $14,000. As of today, all 3 have been listed for months. All 3 sellers have different motivations for selling and different reasons for pricing. Usually the sellers who are in love with the system they bought think everyone else should be equally in love with it and pay accordingly. While buyers live in a world where most of what is sold as used is no longer the model being sold and has been updated - therefor making it obsolete and worth less.
My quality 20 year old speakers sound no worse than any new high end speaker in the same price range. I sympathize with those saying they would rather keep it than dump it for almost nothing. after all, quality doesn't (shouldn't?) go out of style.
But here are realities I wrestle with: try buying an expensive speaker only to have a newer version released 6 months later. If you try to exchange it at the dealer you will get 25% to 40% less than what you paid. WHY?
Sellers are at the mercy of how much of a market there is for their particular product. For example, if you browse multiple selling sites, there are Revel Salon's selling for $5800, $11,000 and $14,000. As of today, all 3 have been listed for months. All 3 sellers have different motivations for selling and different reasons for pricing. Usually the sellers who are in love with the system they bought think everyone else should be equally in love with it and pay accordingly. While buyers live in a world where most of what is sold as used is no longer the model being sold and has been updated - therefor making it obsolete and worth less.
My quality 20 year old speakers sound no worse than any new high end speaker in the same price range. I sympathize with those saying they would rather keep it than dump it for almost nothing. after all, quality doesn't (shouldn't?) go out of style.
But here are realities I wrestle with: try buying an expensive speaker only to have a newer version released 6 months later. If you try to exchange it at the dealer you will get 25% to 40% less than what you paid. WHY?