hi fi traders manual, why doesnt one exist ?

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they have one for cars, even mountain bikes, but why isnt there a book/guide for used hifi stuff, namely the holy trinity, of speakers, amp and cd player.

if there was a traders manual for hifi, namely the big three of speakers amp and cd player ( am too working class for sacd/dac ) where the item, ie speaker, could have its new price, private buyers price, and ex shop price, a rating when it came out and a current day rating, ie monitor audio gr60, $4000 2002, £600 today and how it would compare to a new pair of £600 speakers.

it could have stuff like good for close to walls, doesnt like wooden floors, needs space, fussy with kit/not fussy with kit, needs valve amp to be best/not fussy, and so on.

im sure it would be a winner and every hifi nut or budding nut in my case would buy it in a heartbeat, so how come such a guide doesnt exist.
 
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might be a good idea as part of a hi fi mag, don't know if there would be enough to warrant its own magazine though. there are ~360k cars on autotrader right now, not sure if there would be that many bits of hi fi for sale!

something that avoids using ebay to sell off old gear would be nice though.
 
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might be a good idea as part of a hi fi mag, don't know if there would be enough to warrant its own magazine though. there are ~360k cars on autotrader right now, not sure if there would be that many bits of hi fi for sale!

something that avoids using ebay to sell off old gear would be nice though.

It's because audio/visual is so subjective: what's good for one person would be pants for another. Anyway, WHFI Guide at the back of each edition touches on most of the OPs suggestions.
 

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