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Buy used at a good price and you're pretty safe.

Buying new at retail is a bigger gamble, even if you audition the unit at the dealer 's rooms, because you lose your butt if you decide to sell it soon thereafter. Auditioning at a dealer can be misleading, because of the room and associated gear. In such cases, a trial period with full return privileges (or a modest "restocking fee") are appropriate and useful.

If you buy a used component with a generally good reputation at a decent price via audiogon or e-bay, you should be able to sell it at nearly the same price should you not like it. I've actually auditioned many components by buying and re-selling used. Reading between the lines and communicating with others at places like AA who have similar tastes are ways to narrow down the possibilities, but no guarantee.

Speakers ave very subjective. My living room system has Apogee Centaurus ribbon monitors that I auditioned, and my office system has Coincident Triumph Signatures that I bought at Audiogon. The are both excellent speakers that have lasted in my system with no strong desire to replace them for now. By far, speakers (and their interaction with the room) are the biggest variables in systems I have played had in my home.

Dave van Harn


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