when do you upgrade gears..
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yamahammer
mikiesmadness continues
thats the truth there or it turns into another bedroom system for the kids to use
spartanmanor
Lunatic Member
:headscrat and I thought this was auto related?
Arkay
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I tell myself I should sell it to help pay for the upgrade, then go and add it to the collection filling up the storage room. :nono: 
I would say I'm just kidding, but I have done that before. Still, I also DO sell some gear, to gain both liquidity and space for new acquisitions. Over time I try to keep only the gear that "grows" on me and which I like the most, after I've had a chance to live with it and listen to it. Lately, as I've learned more about market values, I've even started buying a few pieces just to "flip" for quick profit, with the specific intention of building up an "upgrade fund".
I think one's aims and tastes in this hobby evolve and change over time. I know mine are almost constantly evolving. I've toyed with the idea (suggested in a recent thread) of selling nearly all of my gear and pooling the money thus gained, to purchase just one really good system , limiting myself to ONE good system thereafter, but I haven't done it, and probably won't for quite some time. I enjoy the "hunting" and "trying out" and "saving" the various brands and models too much, for now. Maybe later I will grow tired of it and just want to sit back and enjoy listening to music. Then I'll sell the "excess" and do just that... but not now.
I wouldn't mind giving some gear away to get some appreciative younger people started with vintage gear, but I haven't run across any likely recipients yet.
I would say I'm just kidding, but I have done that before. Still, I also DO sell some gear, to gain both liquidity and space for new acquisitions. Over time I try to keep only the gear that "grows" on me and which I like the most, after I've had a chance to live with it and listen to it. Lately, as I've learned more about market values, I've even started buying a few pieces just to "flip" for quick profit, with the specific intention of building up an "upgrade fund".
I think one's aims and tastes in this hobby evolve and change over time. I know mine are almost constantly evolving. I've toyed with the idea (suggested in a recent thread) of selling nearly all of my gear and pooling the money thus gained, to purchase just one really good system , limiting myself to ONE good system thereafter, but I haven't done it, and probably won't for quite some time. I enjoy the "hunting" and "trying out" and "saving" the various brands and models too much, for now. Maybe later I will grow tired of it and just want to sit back and enjoy listening to music. Then I'll sell the "excess" and do just that... but not now.
I wouldn't mind giving some gear away to get some appreciative younger people started with vintage gear, but I haven't run across any likely recipients yet.
jimmy666
Active Member
i usually buy and seel to upgrade my system and as of this year i got lucky. so i basically will have my stuff that i need for free and maybe even turn some nice profit.
oh and Arkay i'm young and would be a likely recpient for free gear but i really only need two things now and i will be close to done on my purchases (hopefully). a power amp and maybe a descent tube preamp. (;
oh and Arkay i'm young and would be a likely recpient for free gear but i really only need two things now and i will be close to done on my purchases (hopefully). a power amp and maybe a descent tube preamp. (;
