[M700LTR]

That said, one doesn't buy a new car in hopes of flipping it for much

Depends on which spectrum of the market. Super cars are being bought new for flipping, obviously not all are winners though.

 

[Strayngs]

Yeah ZMF has lost its luster on the used market somewhat. I see almost every headphone taking a pretty heavy bath when resold currently. I don't really think any brands are immune to this. Somebody mentioned Audeze but most of those sell for half of what they sell for new on the used market so I wouldn't exactly call that great resale.

 

[wirewiggler]

I can live with whatever happens new vs used, as with all hobby based products. However when a manufacture dumps prices on the same product you bought a few months ago that burns me, I own 2 Hifiman headphones and frankly pleased with both the headphones but in a few months they dropped the price $150. They have become so confusing with constantly changing version numbers and stealth it just completely muddies the waters, Hiby has done the same thing again a quality product but their pricing is all over the place. It makes it hard for me to justify repeat purchases from them.

 

[TheHipsterCow]

Yeah ZMF has lost its luster on the used market somewhat. I see almost every headphone taking a pretty heavy bath when resold currently. I don't really think any brands are immune to this. Somebody mentioned Audeze but most of those sell for half of what they sell for new on the used market so I wouldn't exactly call that great resale.

I would argue that Audezes drop in price is largely dictated by the price they set for their B-Stock and now the recent "Hi-fi trade in" sales. The LCD-5 and the CRBN both get sold for around $2700-$2500 in those sales and subsequently will go for around $300-$500 less on the secondary market.

It is a very similar story with the Susvaras. Enough dealers are willing to sell them for sub $4K and as a result, the secondary market expects a $600-$800 discount on that price.

 

[ThEvil0nE]

Hifiman fanatics get burned on a constant cycle. The brand is a quicksand. It almost feel like they're popping revisions on a quarterly cycle.

 

[M700LTR]

Didn't think market could be this dead. Anticipating a slow market, I thought I could hedge depreciation by buying products before they took an MSRP price hike, e.g. Benchmark HPA4/ AHB2 $3000 to $3500, Utopia 2022 $3688 AUD to $4288, but used is still falling off a cliff