Every single time I narrow my search down to the very best in category the next thing I do is go looking to find it used. Inevitably, and I mean every single time, there are none. I watched for over six months, not a single Herron VTPH2A, not one Tekton Moab used. Not one Raven Avian series amp either.
This makes total sense in light of free markets. When people buy really good stuff they are so happy it stays. This keeps the good stuff off the market. People find out they bought crap, can't sell it fast enough lest it get old and be worth even less.
Thus the saying bad money drives out good. Nobody spends their gold and silver coins. They hang onto them. When you see a lot of something in the used market that alone is telling you how good it really is.
