For folks who are interested in used, I used hifishark which scours used sites as well as decware’s own used threads. Add in audiogon and wait.
You all know your projected wait time for new.
As stated my recent experience was weeks to months for the decware products I was targeting in mint condition. Now I may have been lucky but you don’t know if you don’t put a hook in the water.
In 40 years in the stereo game, I have bought new very seldom and as a result been able to afford to experiment more and with higher quality components than had I purchased new.
Same situation with cars here in Canada. Want a new vehicle, get on a waiting list. Again for me I haven’t bought new vehicles often in my life, almost exclusively used, allowing me to get much more car than otherwise affordable.
For those that love the feeling of cracking open THEIR NEW product, please disregard this message