Where do you buy used gear?

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Hey guys, didn’t see a topic about this so I thought I’d ask. Where do you guys typically look for used gear? anything headphones, amps, dacs, whatever. I’ll list what I’m familar with

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[All] /r/AVexchange - I’m personally pretty active here. Good experience buying and selling. This is my primary place to look for and catch some good deals
https://www.reddit.com/r/AVexchange/

[All] eBay - personally do not use this that much. Partly because you kind of need to know what you’re looking for instead of just looking at every listing like avexchange.

[All] Amazon - I have used this (not for audio gear) similar in function to eBay, make sure to check buyer ratings and info. Again same as eBay you need to know what you’re looking for.

[All] Headfi - I don’t check this very often and have never purchased here but seems the closest to avexchange just a different forum. There’s a decent amount of cross posts between the two
https://www.head-fi.org/categories/for-sale-trade-and-feedback-forums.109/

Any other places you guys would suggest? Not looking for anything in particular just curating resources. I’m personally US but if you have resources for other regions feel free to post and possibly help others looking for deals. suggestions linked below

[All] Hifishark - Aggregate search engine. Pulls listing from various sources and regions (suggested by M0N)

Audiomart - Various sites for respective regions. Marketplace for private buyers and sellers (suggested by donjklassen/MaynardGK
[CA] https://www.canuckaudiomart.com
[US] https://www.usaudiomart.com/
[UK] https://www.ukaudiomart.com/
[AU} https://www.aussieaudiomart.com/

[All] Reverb -global etsy style marketplace (suggested by FBizzle)
reverb.com

[NA?] Headphone Open box listings - also contains marketplace style forum

edit: added links and suggested sites

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Hifishark.com is a great place to look for used listings from all over

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if I’m looking at this right, this is like a listing aggregate site where you search and it pulls listings from various sites correct?

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https://www.canuckaudiomart.com pretty good site based in Canada

I mainly use eBay though… more for selling than buying lately

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Yes, it can allow you to find a fair amount of things

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very cool. no idea this existed for hifi stuff

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how rigid is the search function. like if i search lcd2, i see it’s still pulling lcd-2 and lcd 2. Do you find it to be pretty lenient with common naming conventions for whatever you’re looking at?

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It tends to work well with common names and things, it will pull from a ton of things

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this is a marketplace site correct? where various sellers are listing their own equipment similar to avexchange?

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I’m not familiar with a avexchange but that’s an apt description of the site yes

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The Canada site Don posted is sister to the following:

https://www.usaudiomart.com/
https://www.ukaudiomart.com/
https://www.aussieaudiomart.com/

The Canadian one, at least, is definitely hobbyists listing their own re-sells but there are also a sprinkling of listings from small retailers. It has a purchaser feedback history mechanism to help maintain reliability.

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awesome, thanks guys

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You might also be able to snag something on reverb.com

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I’ve never bought used, but I trust them.

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So if I understand this correctly, this is a store front that sells bstock but they also have a market place for individual sellers correct?

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In 2019, Reverb became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etsy—the global marketplace for unique and creative goods—and continues to operate as a standalone company.

I guess we can think of Reverb as the “Etsy” for pro audio.

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lol ok got it

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would you suggest the forum as a whole or just this particular seller? familiar with the headphoneshow/resolve did not know they had a marketplace style forum.

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The listing is buy the store that hosts the forum I believe, a list of open box items in effect.

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ah ok that explains the extensive list of equipment. Awesome, tempted to bite on the polaris lol

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