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When has a piece of equipment paid for itself??

I have encountered a phenomena that wasn't part of the decision process 20-30 years ago when considering new gear. You bought it because had heard it or read bout it etc. The one thing I never thought of was
What will this be worth at some later date? It seems thinking back on the era as absurd as if you would sell your T.V. Everyone seemed to use equipment get it repaired a few time and finall get a new on.
But this was a world without the Audiogons, auction sites, and lists. Just the "Paper."
If you sold something it would be to a friend or just a gift to someones nephew.
A friend of mine was considering buying amps I happen to own myself and find them outrageously good. They are relatively inexpensive mono blocs from China. If compared to another set of "prestige" amps that sound like these they would fetch at least 5 times thev price.
Even though they were lauded by the press with many awards and praise by the pro writers.
My friend turns to and says yes they very, very, good really great but what is their resale value going to be. I said resale whatever for and I don't think they would get you a nicee profit, mostly I was stunned. Since when did we start buying everything in terms of flip-ability.
I buy the gear because I like it and know full well that it will never win me a prestige or pride of ownership prize. In all liklihod I'll keep them for a long time.
I buy gear and keep it despite promising my wife I will sell it.
I will tell you that my old Buddy Trelja is selling some gear made by this firm. In the classifieds now. No it is not meant to be an ad. trust me. I just want to give people a chance to see what I am talking about. Moderators take this out if it offends thee.
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trelja
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I think Markphd puts the whole thing into very succinct and understandable terms.

I'm of the same opinion as The Doctor (Mechans) - you need a good tube amplifier to be happy in this hobby.

Over the past five or so years, I've continued to stumble over the products of a company that knock me out whenever I hear them, as they sound more like music than anything else on the market in my opinion. So, while it's taken me a while to get to this point, my current opinion is that I should simply stop fooling around and do what's required to buy it, and try to live happily ever after. Of course, I may get killed by the old audio adage of a product that immediately draws you in will just as quickly leave you hating it, but what the heck...

I have a few lifetime purchases that I'll hold on to, like my Jadis DA60 and my Atma Sphere M60 monos, but apart from them, and the new venture I'm entering in, which has been previously announced by my partner here in another Audiogon thread, I'm going to try a couple of products from the company I've described in the previous paragraph. Hopefully, at that point, as Cyclonicman says, they'll be paid for immediately.
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