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In Reply to: RE: (not keen on used) posted by genungo on August 9, 2014 at 14:08:22:
if it isn't abused, sure, used gear can be a value, but i've bought a $1,000 emax sampler with 1/2 of an owners manual i didn't know i needed a keyboard to test once on consignment that had a loud hard drive and was probably dropped that i got stuck with once along with a $1,000 tascam 8 track reel to reel that had busted meters and i think audio problems with one channel that i also got stuck with. (eff you forever rogue music you SOBs!!!)if i bought anything used, it would be something that i'm able to check out in person such as at an audio store. i don't like the sound of having to pay return shipping on something unacceptable.
i listened to a lot of seriously overpriced vintage gear at one shop that specialized in it and so many of the speakers had spitty sounding treble that i wonder if they all didn't have faulty capacitors. i was really annoyed to see the EXACT same technics turntable i'd bought with an audio technica LINE CONTACT cartridge for $80 around 1985 being sold for $159!
if i could find a good deal on anything that still sounds good, sure, i'd buy it. i just don't like the idea of gambling.
ebay sucks too! i bought a CD of pump up the volume that i never received and both ebay and paypal kept playing pass the buck on me until my time window closed even though the seller who originally had 100%+ stuck it to their last 8 customers. i'm not enamored with ebay anymore and haven't bought anything there in years, but i HAVE sold a ton of mint condition CDs and DVDs and still have 100% myself.
If it's ported, it's distorted.
Edits: 08/09/14
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- RE: (not keen on used) - budget minded 15:07:30 08/09/14 (3)
- RE: (not keen on used) - genungo 17:00:50 08/09/14 (2)
- RE: going to be saving quite a while actually - budget minded 18:49:36 08/27/14 (1)
- RE: "pick your distortion" - genungo 03:51:29 08/28/14 (0)
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