jimman2
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| What's happened to the used high end market recently?? Sales are tough....:0( daveyf:In my guestimation when you buy a piece of high end equipment (and see what I say later about what is high end to me) it immediately depreciates by about 33%. After used it a year or 2 maybe then by 50% and at 5 years 75%. When I sell th... | |
| What's happened to the used high end market recently?? Sales are tough....:0( trelja:I am in Mullica Hill - Canary Row is my shop | |
| What's happened to the used high end market recently?? Sales are tough....:0( tutetibiimperes:In regard to your 1st point - while I agree somewhat , Millennials and Boomers are my main customers and I would say the younger folks account for 2/3rd of my records sales. Many have good jobs.I simplified in my original post a... | |
| What's happened to the used high end market recently?? Sales are tough....:0( astewart8944 - I have a small record shop in NJ specializing in Classic Rock with about 1,200 records in stock and a good supply of vintage stereo equipment. We play records all day when we are open on modest equipment - I switch it around but a... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings P.S. I checked my status and I have positive feedback on Audiogon back to 2008 so I've been a member of this community at least that long. | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings I've been on Audiogon for many years and have made numerous other posts in the past on different subjects - if I remember Audiogon went through some major changes in the past few years.I (again state) that I find it interesting that numerous peopl... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings @speeddeacon 'While I hope that the cheaper amps will not outperform or even remotely equal the sonics of their more expensive brethren...' I don't understand why you would say that and you better get to much better than 80% if you are going to s... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings I think the 'perfect' amp should 'sound' like an exact performance of what is being amplified with zero distortion. Class D is getting there. How far has class A really evolved over the past 20 years? A lot of people posting here claim their 20... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings Mitch - I did read your previous post and my last post isn't intended for you at all as you did in fact mention some Class D amps that you listened to and compared (you are one of the very few to mention names and a comparison). I respect that yo... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings Good thread but people keep bashing Class D with generalities. I haven't read a D-basher here yet that mentions which high end Class D amps they've listened to that pale in comparison to their Class A or A/B amps. For instance - Neal, I'd be inte... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings blackflyI did read your post before responding. You said Class D "has a longs ways to go..." (without mentioning any Class D amps that you have listened to). I gave my opinion that it doesn't have a long way to go and in previous posts compared ... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings @blackfly Class D amps have come a long long way since their inception when they were used solely as sub amps. I'll argue that they don't have a long way to go as many of us in this thread feel they are equal if not superior to the Class A and A/... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings @bcgator I think we in the lunatic minority are much more prevalent in this thread than has been in the past. Rowland, Cary, ATI to name just a few high end companies seem to be developing (at least some) of their amps using D Class modules. The... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings @grannyring The amp you are referring to has digital input but Class D is not 'digital'. I didn't read too much about the company but I assume that means that the amp has a DAC. At some point before your speakers there has to be a conversion to a... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings @mitch2 I meant the more recent incarnations of Class D - in my post I mentioned that I think they have come a long ways in past few years, especially with the NAD I am now using. On another subject I was recently reading an article about Bob Car... |