You can’t compare a $30 Amazon stereo to anything made before 1990. That would be equivalent to something costing $10-$15 back then, which wouldn’t have even existed.
There’s plenty of extremely high quality audio equipment that is made today, it just costs real money, just like it did back then.
Yes, for a lot of people, used gear would probably work fine, but it wouldn’t have the inputs they need (no HDMI, no Bluetooth, etc.) heck, a lot of folks would expect it to have WiFi to cast their Spotify music to it.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
True. I dont care about any of that, just sound and analog inputs, so id never buy used unless it was actually a high quality or boutique build. Or better yet a kit!