Onward James!! I want/need to get into that liquidation mode. Great job... I assume you're not browsing Craigslist or garage sales in those 6 months?
Well.....it's complicated.
I have two good friends, one who works in a flea market emporium type thing, the other is a very good amateur tech and collector.
I get my gear thru these guys. Yeah, I pay a bit more, certainly more than they paid, but thru these guys I've acquired my finest pieces.
I am no longer buying. Period. I don't look at Craigslist, because, dammit, I'll buy something. Usually of less quality than what I already have.
At 42, i'm not on death's door or anything (at least I hope not) but it isn't like I'm going to have great hearing for decades.
The time to listen and enjoy is now, and since acquiring the Vandersteens, all my other speakers sound like a well-executed fart.
This includes another mint pair of Yamaha NS-690III's, Polk Monitor 10's, restored HPM-100's, JBL L46's, JBL L100t's with T3 upgrade, and on and on.
I'm going to get down to perhaps 4 pair of speakers, two of which will be my ugly Epicure Model 20's (hell, nobody would buy them anyway) and the Vandies, with two more I gotta pick out.
HPM's are probably going bye-bye this weekend. ALready sold my Pioneer SP-BS-22lr's (and sub) which was a nice little system....that I never played.
Bose 601 series 2 restored....they will go if someone offers me decent coin for them. Far better than I expected from Bose.
My point is, move UP the ladder, and quit dilly-dallying in the low end stuff.
It gets much easier, slowpat. :thmbsp: