Andythiing Posted December 9, 2024 Posted December 9, 2024 A bit of a fun exercise for some comparisons The amount you paid for all your hardware in your main system (minus cables, media, record etc) divided by the retail price (in todays $$$ for vintage gear) mine is 0.23 im a bargain hunter suggest >0.25 bargain hunter >0.50 careful shopper >0.75 get it with a warranty > 1.0 early adopter happy for others to suggest some adjustments
surprisetech Posted December 9, 2024 Posted December 9, 2024 My main System would be about 0.55. Eight items were purchased new, some during runout sales. (I'm patient) These are offset by 2 DIY and 5 used items. The front mains and centre speaker are DIY, so my result is based on an estimate of what the retail price might be for equivalent commercial speakers. 1
Steever Posted December 9, 2024 Posted December 9, 2024 (edited) 0.35. I recently evaluated for insurance discussions It is Cyrus so, not surprising. In the colonies its depreciation as you walk out the door is worse than an EV leaving its lott. And the companies who made my speakers and tonearm don't exist any longer. I too am patient. Edited December 9, 2024 by Steever 2
crisis Posted December 11, 2024 Posted December 11, 2024 .62 Aside from my turntable, cartridge and phono amp everything else is either second hand, run out or demo. The best thing is they are precisely the components I wanted but would probably not have purchased at their full price. 1
Cloth Ears Posted December 11, 2024 Posted December 11, 2024 On 09/12/2024 at 11:59 AM, Andythiing said: A bit of a fun exercise for some comparisons The amount you paid for all your hardware in your main system (minus cables, media, record etc) divided by the retail price (in todays $$$ for vintage gear) mine is 0.23 im a bargain hunter suggest >0.25 bargain hunter >0.50 careful shopper >0.75 get it with a warranty > 1.0 early adopter happy for others to suggest some adjustments I'm not sure how you mean to work it out. I look for bargains (i.e. main speakers at cost from the importer, second hand items at bargain prices, etc), but how do you work out "the retail price (in todays $$$ for vintage gear)"? Like, I'm fairly sure I paid about $700 for both my Rotel power amps and could probably get double that if I sold them - does that put me at 2.0 or 0.5? And if I got my Kenwood Basic M2 thrown in with the C2 pre-amp, does that make it a 0.0, or infinity, item? 1
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