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Why so many amplifiers for sale?

I remember not so long ago when these things were the hot ticket item, touted by all the reviewers as the next-big-thing, giant-killer, blah blah blah. Once again, all of the hype proves to be just that, and now I count literally hundreds of them for sale. So what's the deal? Nobody likes amplifiers anymore? Moving onto some other world beater of a component, I suppose? Go on, tell me it's just because so many of them were sold, hence the vast sea of available product on the used marketplace. I don't buy it. Just like everything else, they've come and gone. Their fifteen minutes of fame are now over. CD players, too. Have you seen how many of those are up for sale? Tossed into the classifieds like a weathered mistress. I knew it was coming, and that's why I've been sticking to singing in the shower. None of this fly-by-night hobby plunging for me. I'm much too smart to get caught up in that.

And by the way, am I still in business? I've been e-mailing myself all week, and get no response.
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jax2
3,031 posts
 
When I call myself, the line is always busy.

Keep that up and you'll grow hair on your palms and go blind!

Marco
whipsaw
753 posts
 
the thriving Audiogon market for used components. I am not, generally speaking, inclined to buy and sell regularly. I tend to build a system, then enjoy it for years. Recently, though, I built a smaller system to use in my small NY apartment, and found myself buying and selling SS integrated amps several times before finding what I wanted. The only reason that I was able to do so, of course, was because I lost very little money while buying and selling the various popular models.

If you're interested, the recent evolution went like this:

Bryston B60
Accuphase E-212
SimAudio Moon I-5
Bel Canto eVo2i
Jeff Rowland Design Group Concentra I

I am very happy to report that, having recently acquired the Rowland Concentra, I will definitely not be buying or selling for the foreseeable future! I'll write more about my experience sometime soon, but frankly, I am astonished at how far superior (in the context of my system) the JRDG Concentra is to the other above-mentioned amps (all of which were solid performers).

Tony C.
alpha_03
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TUBES, that's where most everyone I know is headed- I can not for the life of me figure this out. I have some really good tube gear on hand, and really good SS gear beats it's ass IMHO in all but the midrange. Yes tubes sound good, at LOWER volume levels, but really good SS gear, cant match that tube midrange, however, REALLY, turn it up and tubes loose to their ss counterparts- why again is this I ask?

I enjoy tubes AND ss gear, the challenge for me is not in what is more costly, or popular, but what SOUNDS best in MY home in MY room to ME- I wait and let those with more pocket change then myself get tired of really good gear and then I snap it up when I can.

Truth be told, tubes have a midrange/trebble advantage that SS can not equal- dollar for dollar, but SS has a bass section and ease that tubes couldnt hope to resolve. SO, that said why doesnt some one like B&K or the like create a BI Ampable pre, that is tubes- say from 100Hz and up, and SS 100Hz and down.

I would buy that product!!!!

Need I say more?
dan_ed
2,451 posts
 
You guys are sooooo '90's! I've got all my sources connected to my pc. Then I have the pc call my cell phone to hear the playback. Yeah, it sound like shit but it is waaaayyyyy cool!
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