Why is the market for used Levinson amps so slow?

I agree with the first two posts as well.

I don't know that I agree with Trelja that the used market has been brought to a halt. It may have slowed slightly as some have looked for other avenues, but I don't think it has stopped. The CURE for the disease isn't THAT easy. ;)

Well said Bill.

I think the inability to IM one another has done the most damage to that sense of community that we all felt. We used to be able to take these threads off-line for some real interesting discussions and to share our perspectives and recommendations in greater detail. We can't do that anymore. It's a shame.

Congrats Irvrobinson. I won't get in the middle of a Krell/Levinson debate, as I'm not a fan of either brand.

Rhijazz, I believe that was covered by Charles1dad in the first reply.

I don't think the high efficiency/low power setups have any effect on the Levinson market. I do think that more folks now are using tube amps. Two gents that I know who used to be Levinson owners are now running tube amps. Not the flea powered SET amps, but tube amps nonetheless.

Tmsorosk, first of all, it's Rowland, as in Jeff Rowland. Secondly, no it wasn't the big 3, everyone knows that no high end SS list is complete without Nelson Pass and his Threshold/Pass designs. Some might argue that Boulder and others deserve to be on that list too.

Also, that is just a list of high end American SS designers. You also have high end SS from other countries. I won't even bother to start listing high end SS international brands.
So it definitely WAS NOT always one of those 3 you mentioned as to who was number 1. They were/are 3 big names, let's just leave it at that.

Tmsorosk, I humbly agree to disagree. I will agree that Krell and Levinson spent the most money on advertising and marketing, but you can't convince me that Rowland was a bigger name than Threshold 'back in the day'.

05-29-12: Rockitman
Harman is to blame. When they abandoned the Madrigal Labs products in terms of service, I abandoned ML.

Hence one of the answers to the question on the title of this thread.