« Reply #33 on: November 20, 2014, 01:24:47 AM »
If you buy judiciously, and particularly if you buy used, you likely won't take too much of a hit if you later sell to upgrade. Certainly some gear, like mics, will tend to hold its value better than other gear, like software and converters. I too am an advocate of saving and buying what you really want, as difficult as it is, but it took me a while and some now discarded equipment to learn that lesson. Even if you don't have the discipline to wait and save, you can at least minimize the loss if you later want to upgrade.
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Mics: akg c460 (ck61, ck63), c414buls, c568eb; at4049a, 4051a, 4053a, at853; josephson c42; neumann U87, km84i; beyer m130, m160, m500; aea r84; gefell m71, mt711s, m200, m201, um70S; sony c38; schoeps cmc6, CMBI (mk4, mk21, mk41, mk4v); sennheiser mkh30, mkh40, md421, md431, md541; audix m1290
Pres: API, a-designs, pendulum, purple, millennia TD-1 and HV-32P, gt, littlebox, tinybox, usbpre2, CA 9200, pipsqueak, grace V2, DAV BG1
Cables: KCY, CMR, Naiant AKG actives, PFAs, asst. GAKables and Darktrain
Recorders/converters/monitors: dr680, m10, dr-2d, d50, zoom f8 & F8n pro, 788T SSD CL-8, lynx aurora 8, Neumann KH20
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