Question Suggestions for foundational parts of a longer term vinyl setup

[Al ears]

I've taken a leaf out of the @The_Lecht_Rocks ' book and just ordered the Bluesound Node ICON; it arrives tomorrow.

I've also been making enquiries with Audio T and Sevenoaks about the Rega Planar 3 RS. Both say that there's a couple of weeks' lead time for them to get one into stock for a listen, but they're both offering fairly derisory trade-in prices for the Planar 1.

I'll see how keen I am to pursue that upgrade path - I can always test the water on Gumtree and eBay to see if I can get more than I've been offered and if all else fails, then it at least is the last major upgrade I'll be chasing so I can probably live with losing a few quid. In my head a conceptual 20% "discount" would be nice, but they're only just offering over 10% at the moment.

sounds about normal. No dealer wants stock back that's going to hang around for ages before they can recoup profits. I am surprised many would even consider taking this turntable back. Always best to sell on privately at a decent price if you can.
Trade in has always been a no go area for me.

 

[RTHerringbone]

I've listed it on Gumtree for £200 to see what happens - it doesn't cost anything to sell via that platform so it's worth a shot.

I've had variable success rates with selling things on there and probably shift about half of the things I list and then resort to Freecycle where there are no takers. If this gets no interest then maybe I'll consider the trade-in, or maybe I'll stop this mad spree altogether (seems unlikely!)

 

[Messiah]

It's also free to sell on eBay so worth a shot on there as well. That's where I have the most success.

 

[RTHerringbone]

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[RTHerringbone]

It does!

Anyhoo - acquisition of even more components has been green-lighted by my wife. I've sold her the idea of the Planar 3 RS as a quality-of-life improvement 😉

I just happen to have luckily stumbled across a turntable by the same manufacturer with automatic tonearm return and she likes that idea, along with a power switch that isn't underneath the plinth. The cost differential wasn't even raised so I shall fully take advantage of that misplaced trust and strike while the iron is hot. I've slashed the price of the Planar 1 and still there are no bites and the reduced price isn't a million miles from what the trade-in offer was. I'll persist with this charade for a week and then get back in touch with Audio T as they reckon there's a two week lead time for them to get the RS into the store.

Meanwhile, I'm now number 22 in the queue for the new cabinet, so I'm reasonably optimistic that they'll hit their original delivery target of the 14th March, if not - shortly afterwards 😎