Wow -- you people are mistrustful -- heh heh.
I, for one, have sold for perfectly respectable reasons every time. Seriously.
I sold a preamp when I decided I wanted remote control.
I then sold the next preamp when I wanted built in phono.
I then sold the next preamp because I got tired of fiddling with tubes.
I then sold the next because I could afford a really good tube pre and I missed the tube sound.
I sold an amp because I wanted more power.
I sold that amp because I wanted monoblocks.
I sold those to upgrade to better ones.
I sold those to upgrade yet again.
I sold a cd player because the damn thing had the same remote code as my new preamp -- anyone with a Linn Ikemi, don't get an Aesthetix Calypso!
I sold speakers because I was traveling for a year and then moving into a new house and I figured I'd wait and see what room I had before I selected speakers.
I also bought and sold Maggie 3.6's for the typical reason there. Loved the sound, but couldn't deal with the lack of SPL's when I wanted to rock out.
I've sold cables because of radical level upgrades -- like going from Cardas Microtwin to Tara Decade to Kubala Emotion.
I'm about to sell some speaker cables because they are too short for my new room, and a sub that was great with the Maggies but not necessary with my Aerials.
Some of us can be trusted to give good reasons for selling that can be believed.
My experiences buying here have been good that way as well. I think that there are more honest resellers than dishonest, and "doesn't sound good" at this level may be "didn't sound good to me, in my room, in my system." I sold a Rogue 99 Magnum when I wanted a quieter preamp, and the local guy that bought it from me still has it and still loves it.
I bought a set of monoblocks from a Silicon Valley engineer in the mid 90's. He sold nearly new Bryston monoblocks because his company went public and he bought Levinson 33's.
Honest people really exist. So do divorces, mistake purchases, upgrades....and cynics.
Happy Sunday everyone!
Rich
I, for one, have sold for perfectly respectable reasons every time. Seriously.
I sold a preamp when I decided I wanted remote control.
I then sold the next preamp when I wanted built in phono.
I then sold the next preamp because I got tired of fiddling with tubes.
I then sold the next because I could afford a really good tube pre and I missed the tube sound.
I sold an amp because I wanted more power.
I sold that amp because I wanted monoblocks.
I sold those to upgrade to better ones.
I sold those to upgrade yet again.
I sold a cd player because the damn thing had the same remote code as my new preamp -- anyone with a Linn Ikemi, don't get an Aesthetix Calypso!
I sold speakers because I was traveling for a year and then moving into a new house and I figured I'd wait and see what room I had before I selected speakers.
I also bought and sold Maggie 3.6's for the typical reason there. Loved the sound, but couldn't deal with the lack of SPL's when I wanted to rock out.
I've sold cables because of radical level upgrades -- like going from Cardas Microtwin to Tara Decade to Kubala Emotion.
I'm about to sell some speaker cables because they are too short for my new room, and a sub that was great with the Maggies but not necessary with my Aerials.
Some of us can be trusted to give good reasons for selling that can be believed.
My experiences buying here have been good that way as well. I think that there are more honest resellers than dishonest, and "doesn't sound good" at this level may be "didn't sound good to me, in my room, in my system." I sold a Rogue 99 Magnum when I wanted a quieter preamp, and the local guy that bought it from me still has it and still loves it.
I bought a set of monoblocks from a Silicon Valley engineer in the mid 90's. He sold nearly new Bryston monoblocks because his company went public and he bought Levinson 33's.
Honest people really exist. So do divorces, mistake purchases, upgrades....and cynics.
Happy Sunday everyone!
Rich