Why are People Dumping their Audio Research Gear and What Does it Say about them?

@speedthrills     Yeah.  Who's 'dumping'?   I'm keeping all mine, six pieces.

I love a good dump ...

Curious where this mass dump is happening. 
 

If I owned any AR gear I would certainly not be getting rid of it. It’s tube gear, which is ridiculously simple to repair. 
 

Consider other gear that became unavailable, which went up in value once it was no longer available. The Oppo player is a recent example. 
 

Look at gear from the past. The Marantz 7 and 10b tuner come to mind. 
 

History is filled with examples of gear that has gone up in value. 
 

Getting rid of the components would be silly if they were making you happy with their sonic presentation. 

Please, link to some of this supposed dumping?

I'm a close watcher of the brand and it's secondary market. I'm seeing neither greater selling nor price reductions on the ask.  I'm sure the bid is down-  bidders use bad news to beat down the price. 

One thing that concerns me is repairs/upgrades. It is 8 months to get into the ARC cue for a refresh or a repair. An owner who wants his Reference unit certified by ARC has a LONG wait before he has his baby working again. Let's say that same guy needs to sell his let's say Ref 5SE but he had JoBloStereo do some repairs. A prudent buyer would discount the unit. Now it's a $2500 preamp and not a 5K preamp. That will indeed depress prices.

I "inherited" a VT130 that was blowing up screening resistors. ARC put me in line last August and I'm STILL waiting for the RMA from Mr.Christenson.  Now if I HAD to sell it (death divorce debt) it's not a 3K amp it's a 1K amp. Maybe a $500 amp. 

There is always the panic seller- and the almost out of warranty seller. And the broke seller. All these guys depress value. That's the way the free market works. 

There have been a few videos outing AR build quality toss that in with the financial issues and I don't blame anyone for dumping them. If wanting AR buy older AR.