New vs. Old School

[OCCD]

Go old, save the depreciation. You can buy that fancy new piece for 1/3 the cost down the road and not lose your ass on it.  The question should really be... You have $15k of cash to buy a new stereo system. Do you buy new or old... Hmmm...what would I buy with 15K and am I limited to only one system?

[Slim-Shaddy]

What makes old gear old? If you just mean pre-owned, then I'll go old. If you mean 30 years old, I'll go new.

[SunnyDaze]

My 71 240Z would cruise at 100 mph with no trouble but you knew you were going really fast. My Infiniti feels the same at 100 as it does at 65 mph.

I can relate!  My best friend in high school had a '73 240z we restored and I own an Infiniti too.  Still, if I had the choice between a Shelby Cobra and a brand new Ferrari, I'd take the Cobra.

Have you ever been in an AC Ace / Shelby Cobra before Rev? No offense, but I doubt you'd fit. For that matter, I doubt, Tom, Lerch, or Dave would even fit. Ed and Pepe would have to drive the damn thing all around. We built one for a guy from a Factor Five kit about a decade ago, they're shoeboxes on wheels.

[SunnyDaze]

Well, the average age of my components sans headphones, interconnects, cabling, and the rack itself is 1988 and 7 months with the newest being 2010 and the oldest being 1974. I guess that makes my system middle school.

I will say this, most of the newer components that I've owned sound better than the older components that are of similar quality.

 

[OCCD]

My newest component is 5 years old. My oldest component is 43 years old.

[sk1335]

I don't know how we got on to cars - but I guess I'll chime in for the Audi contingent.
My allroad will do 150mph all day long, and it feels like you're sitting in your living room easy boy.

[Falcon]

OLD SCHOOL.... HI-END OLD SCHOOL.

McIntosh, Krell, Mccormack, Snell's, Levinson, Boulder... You can get this stuff now for a small fraction of what it cost new. Let the filthy rich, with money to waste buy it new. I will pick it up a few years down the road for a few bucks..   Just look on Audiogon, people paying $50,000 for a pair of speakers, that you can buy 10 years later $1,000 and they sound just as good...

  Same goes with cars for me, I would rather buy a hi-end used car then a new Cavalier....