Meridian Unplugged - Powered by MrTechGuy.co.uk Forums Discussion Meridian - Systems Are we doing ourselves 'no favours' re: S/H M Equipment ?

I don't think anything this forum does will change the market for second hand goods. Price is a function of supply and demand. At the moment there is no demand for a 561/596 either here or on other websites (see my ad from December) - in a few months someone might want them or maybe not. I bought the equipment knowing that I might have to write-off 50%+ and that is where it will end up.

Any technology depreciates at a rate consistent with its rate of development (consumer electronics, computers etc) and AudioVisual technology is developing at a super fast pace. Remember how long vinyl lasted and how long the changeover to CD took. Compare that to how long CD lasted and the rate of downloading music taking over.

Our world of high end digital lossless AV is accelerating fast and all our source and processing components will depreciate as fast.

As I have said before, I believe the items which should hold their value are:

1) Amplifiers and
2) Speakers

The point at which the perfect digital world needs to become analogue and "real" is the most difficult area and good stuff will hold value.

Look at the debate over TV's (LCD vs Plasma vs DLP vs CRT etc) - there will always be subjective argument about "depth of colour" and "reproduction" .... isn't that exactly the same language used when talking about amps/speakers. This is where manufacturers can deploy "skill" in making things exceptional and it is the area where "Sony" can get it most wrong and "Meridian" can beat the cr@p out of them consistently.

Conclusion - I will hold onto my DSP speakers for a very long time but the 596/561 has fallen behind the curve and I will need to upgrade. Even the G91 doesn't really cut it (no HDMI inputs).

Not sure how this adds to the debate but I absolutely agree that we should all ENJOY OUR GEAR!!! Like the distribution of wealth we must all be in the top 1% of the world hifi league.

PS - Is it worth a poll to compare the amount of time we spending "talking/thinking" about hifi to the amount of time we spend "listening" to it? (tee hee)