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In Reply to: The Allure Of The Score Versus The Love Of The Hobby posted by X-2000R on October 25, 2014 at 15:00:47:
...why is an interest in vintage gear fundamentally more corrupt than an interest in new gear?
I personally find hawking the latest and greatest unnecessary production run to be worse, but then again, without all the new stuff out all the time, there would be no market for the old stuff (which falls in dollar value as a result of all the new stuff coming out).
So the retail people (and the marketers) create a market for old, somewhat cheaper stuff by constantly supplying us with overpriced new stuff.
But it is kind of a joke that stuff that is 30 years old now, which may crap out at any time, gets sold for more than 2/3 of the then-new selling price. It may have to do with mystique and higher build quality, as much as decent sound.
Personally, for a lot of listening, a 35 year old midline amplifier is just as much up to the task as a nice hefty pair of 200w monoblocks, so I don't bother anymore with the latter.
I have bought and sold a lot of audio gear online, but it is mostly to keep busy and because it is somewhat fun and interesting in itself, apart from the enjoyment of any home system I put together. Is there monetary profit in it? No way.
It's a social thing. We're social animals. Even online.
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- why restrict the question to vintage audio?? it is about the hunt, and the social contact... - Tom Schuman 02:07:14 10/28/14 (0)
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