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Would you even consider?

Would you consider the purchase of a now defunct name brand piece of equipment 7 or more years old available at multiple times the suggested retail price and is no longer supported by the out of business manufacturer?
Case in point Oppo, a well known and exellent product. It seems that quite a few are showing up for sale at price points way above the original selling price.
Why would anyone buy a product that is used, old, not supported and way overpriced?
Answer me this?
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avhomeguy79
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I was checking out Ebay and could not believe the selling prices of the Oppo UDP-203/205.  I purchased the Pioneer Elite UDP-LX500.  I could not justify spending that much more than retail for an Oppo. I do wish the Pioneer Elite had an HDMI input and supported multi-channel SACD, but I love the player.
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ozzy
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I don't think the Pioneer has 4K capability.

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bobnegi
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My Parasound New Classic 7000 processor blew up, so I tried the Oppo 103D as a processor, the sound was better in all ways through the Oppo.

No one has or I think will, build a multi-player that can function as a processor, so I bought another 103D for $600CDN. Because electronics break, and hopefully this set up will last me until they figure out HDMI into the brain.

So yeah, depending on the device, I would certainly do it again

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