I wished I would had listened years ago when someone suggested to me MCintosh ,ARC or CJ as a preamp. I kiss a lot of frogs on my journey.Listen to the words of wisdom @ghdprentice he is like the good cool uncle at the bbq .One of my biggest regrets is buying gear thinking that is just as good as what I really wanted . It's a reason why McIntosh,ARC and Cj gear is over 10 years old still demanding a decent price .
Recently someone was crying about how hard it was to sell a Roque pre amp. Prima luma you see them for sale almost new all the time
This sounds like a nice testimonial, if it were true. I will just pick on Mcintosh.
Fact is right now on Canuck Audio Mart there are 27 listings for Mcintosh Pre-amps- just 2 examples for newer preamps:
- 53 day old listing for a C2700: $12000 retail asking $6900
- 153 day old C49 with DAC $9000 retail asking $5500.
So yes, you are going to get as soaked selling a used Mcintosh pre as much as anything else, maybe more.
At time of writing there are zero Primaluna Pre amp listings on Canuck Audiomart.
(Yes, of course Mcintosh have been producing them for many more years and have sold a disproportionate amount compared to Primaluna- just providing a contrary viewpoint in favour of Primaluna)