Buying back sold speakers ? i'm having a crisis...
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dietz31684
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You made a decision and the market (plus inflation) has changed. That's life. The good news is that they're only speakers.
Not that it helps your situation, but the jump in prices on any vintage gear over - just the last 10 years - much less the 30 that I've been collecting, has been so great that now if I decide to sell something, a lot of very heavily considered thought goes into it. There are few things I hate more than having to buy back something I got cheap (at some time in the past) at today's greatly inflated prices. Point being, I won't sell anything in my collection anymore, until I'm absolutely certain I won't regret doing so a few months or a year down the road, and want the item in question back. And in some cases, an item is of sufficient rarity that finding another one - at any price - is nearly impossible.
Which is why so many of us have so much shiite of all kinds, I reckon.
I read this quite a bit on the Honda S2000 forums. People have seller's remorse. Sometimes, decades later. When a comparable car now costs twice as much or more — plus, it is very hard to find one in good condition.
It's probably best to store something you value that's no longer being made, until you can fix it and get it running again.
When I start saving a lot of very old, used paper bags, I know it's time for a soul cleansing.
Blue Shadow
Waiting for Vintage Gear from this century
I understand the desire to go back, but at those prices a move forward can provide significantly improved sound, but will do nothing for the nostalgia. Unless the HPM was the perfect speaker for you, maybe spend some time looking around at others while saving up the money for whatever you choose.
I can understand the nostalgia. That is a big part of this vintage Hi-Fi thing. Right?
I kept my JBLs all these years. I'm glad I did.
Blue Shadow
Waiting for Vintage Gear from this century
Well some of that, but more it is something people are familiar with compared to the pre-hdmi avr. Then the old gear was cheap. So what’s not to like? Not all nostalgia but in many cases it starts that way.
stereofanboy
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Not speakers, but I once sold a working Sansui AU-919 in nice condition. Later, I bought a recapped one for forty times what I paid for the first one.
Having admitted that, my current position is that once it's gone, it's gone.
If you can't live with that, my advice to you is to look for good deals and be prepared to accept something similar to scratch your itch.
Having admitted that, my current position is that once it's gone, it's gone.
If you can't live with that, my advice to you is to look for good deals and be prepared to accept something similar to scratch your itch.
If you think they are the "perfect speaker' then pay the man. If not just got get some brand new Cerwin Vega speakers that will sound just as good or better.
Nostalgia is one thing. Being sensible is another. If you feel that you really need that thing back you are going to pay for it. Just how it is...
Nostalgia is one thing. Being sensible is another. If you feel that you really need that thing back you are going to pay for it. Just how it is...
The one item I sold to a friend that I'd like back is a Perreaux SM-2 pre-amp. That was a sweet unit, absolutely no problems.
At least those Pioneers are still around and available. I let go of a Technics SU-V707. I got it in bad shape and then got it working. But it needed some more work. So I got an MCS 3872 and started using that. The Technics just sat there and I figured I could never get it serviced. So I passed it on to a tech. Now the only ones I can find are in Europe and they will no longer ship to the US. I did find an SU-V505 in good condition but it is in Poland and that means paying tariffs. I don't know. I can wait and try to hold out and hope something pops up. Or grab that SU-V505 and pay the man. Or do neither and just use the MCS 3972. Regret is a bitch frankly.
Regrets ? I've had a few...
There are some guitars I traded away, but nothing amazing. Mostly I regret not buying more guitars when I was young.
There are some cool components and speakers I would like to play with again, but not enough to buy them back.
I've sold HPM40, and 60 and 150. They bring crazy big money, and go fast. Personally, I don't get it, they never sounded that good to my ears.
But, if that's the thing you gotta have ...then go for it.
There are some guitars I traded away, but nothing amazing. Mostly I regret not buying more guitars when I was young.
There are some cool components and speakers I would like to play with again, but not enough to buy them back.
I've sold HPM40, and 60 and 150. They bring crazy big money, and go fast. Personally, I don't get it, they never sounded that good to my ears.
But, if that's the thing you gotta have ...then go for it.
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I've kind of moved on from the gear I had decades ago. The point really got driven home when I helped a friend out on a receiver I had sold him way back in the day. A silver faced Japanese receiver from a popular line that the vintage crowd goes wild about today. Looking it over for the first time in 40 years, I couldn't believe I once thought this was a great piece of gear.
It's a different world for sure.
But the good side of it all is that the item you want has joined the realm of investments. Well purchased you can recoup most of your outlay if you don't love them enough. And if you do, you will likely profit when the day comes they are sold.
But the price is only going to go up.
But the good side of it all is that the item you want has joined the realm of investments. Well purchased you can recoup most of your outlay if you don't love them enough. And if you do, you will likely profit when the day comes they are sold.
But the price is only going to go up.
Is that from the same topology as the Technics SA-510 receiver? Mine would become extremely hot at idle. I returned right away.