omains,IMO here is the best advice that a person can give you,demo every speaker that is hooked up at every dealer you can find, dont ask them to hook up anything just listen to what is ALLREADY ON DISPLAY.
how much of a dealers time could you possibly waste if all they do is turn on a rig,insert a disc, press play,im getting exausted just thinking about all that work.
while im reading the responses from dealers who WASTE ALOT OF TIME WITH TIRE KICKERS it occured to me, audio is fun for us & work for them.
if anybody feels an explaination is in order the next time they go to see the dealer try this.
tell them that you are the guy who is gonna make it possible for them to land the next big WHALE beacuse your buying used gear at an honest price & that makes it possible for the real big spenders to buy.
then as you leave ask them for a show of grattitude beacuse without the used consumer their store shelves would be full of used gear like all dealers shelves were 20 yrs ago .
if dealers need to feel that a sale is behind every audition then i pity them, talk about PURE GREED.
only in hi end audio do the rules of being a consumer not apply, you have what i want to look at, lets try it out, its that simple.
dont get me wrong on this, im not knocking dealers as a whole, i visit 2 dealers on a regular basis & they are great but i do feel that alot of dealers have a condesinding attitude twords the used buyer & so do alot of people who buy new gear.
both new buyers & dealers need to remember that its places like audiogon & buyers like omains who fuel the industry from the sidelines.
mike.
how much of a dealers time could you possibly waste if all they do is turn on a rig,insert a disc, press play,im getting exausted just thinking about all that work.
while im reading the responses from dealers who WASTE ALOT OF TIME WITH TIRE KICKERS it occured to me, audio is fun for us & work for them.
if anybody feels an explaination is in order the next time they go to see the dealer try this.
tell them that you are the guy who is gonna make it possible for them to land the next big WHALE beacuse your buying used gear at an honest price & that makes it possible for the real big spenders to buy.
then as you leave ask them for a show of grattitude beacuse without the used consumer their store shelves would be full of used gear like all dealers shelves were 20 yrs ago .
if dealers need to feel that a sale is behind every audition then i pity them, talk about PURE GREED.
only in hi end audio do the rules of being a consumer not apply, you have what i want to look at, lets try it out, its that simple.
dont get me wrong on this, im not knocking dealers as a whole, i visit 2 dealers on a regular basis & they are great but i do feel that alot of dealers have a condesinding attitude twords the used buyer & so do alot of people who buy new gear.
both new buyers & dealers need to remember that its places like audiogon & buyers like omains who fuel the industry from the sidelines.
mike.