The value ratio?

[Andythiing]

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]

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.

 

 

[Steever]

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

[crisis]

.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.

[Cloth Ears]

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?

[MattyW]

Most used gear terms to sell for about 50% of new and if it doesn't why but used? That said much of my system is one of a kind build to order by boutique builders so I've paid full price for everything in my main system.

 

My understanding is boutique gear goes for even less secondhand though really I've no intention of changing a thing in my system. Not given how it sounds. The components will probably outlast me. 

 

That said irrespective of new price I would argue that my system is excellent value in terms of the sonics achieved for the overall cost. I believe I'm both a careful skipper and bargain hunter. That doesn't necessarily make the end result cheap though.... In all fairness though this is subjective and I'm probably a bit biased with respect to my own system.

Edited March 10 by MattyW