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Pre-Loved Second-Hand Hi-Fi Is Today's Gold
Why the pre-loved audio market deserves more attention, and how trade-ins build loyal listeners and repeat sales.
Editorial By Alan Sircom
Overlooking lots of loudspeaker reviews from recent years, in order to construct our Editor's Choice pages, something dawned on me. The second-hand market should be more vibrant that it seems. There are reasons for this lull in 'preloved' audio, but not all of them make sense. Stepping away from transducers for a moment, I can get why someone might not want to buy a digital product that might not be supported for too long. Those who still use an original Logitech Squeezebox are finding its functionality severely limited today as MySqueezebox and Squeezebox Radio are no longer supported. I can also understand the reluctance to invest in an older tube amplifier if it uses obscure valves with no stock and limited support. But these are effectively outliers. Most second-hand products don't fall into this 'impending doom' category.

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