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In Reply to: RE: 75% off posted by KOCA on January 20, 2017 at 10:45:25
75% off of the new price 16 years ago? It is not realistic to expect all used audio equipment to follow some kind of fixed pricing structure. Reputation and desirability (demand) also comes in to it. As does monetary inflation which should not be overlooked - otherwise you are expecting a kind of double discount ( the original owner paid with the value of the dollar twenty years ago, not today - every $1000 spent then is worth $1356 now).So $2K? If the seller agrees then fine, that's bargaining, but don't necessarily expect it.
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I agree there is no rule of thumb.
Look at what 20 year old McIntosh gears sells for. Even Bob Carver Sunfire stereo amps from 20 years ago are getting 75% of original msrp.
Speakers do tend to loose more value as they age.
Yes indeed and some used items cost more now than their list price at the time of manufacture. Including some speakers.
Think of a pair of Quad ESLs manufactured in, say, 1969. They were roughly 114 gbp a pair in thier homeland (actual price was 54 gns each - then they were sold singly). That's about $140. If anyone can find a good pair of them for $140 then they are more than in luck! With the OP's reckoning they ought to be around $35 a pair or less. Over here currently they sell for the equivalent of around $1000 plus.
Of course Garrard 301 and 401 turntables now cost considerably more than their original price.
Just some examples there of why monetary inflation has to be accounted for.
I have concluded that what the OP really means is that he can't afford them.
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