Will Amps ever become high value collectible art?

[anj46907 10+ year member]

if theres people that will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on dumb crap like a dried dog terd from britney spears poodle. im sure limited edition amps will sell big amongst audio enthusiasts

 

[shaneb 10+ year member]

I know old amps like the RF Power 1000 are still going for a lot.

Like $1,000 dollars a piece at times on ebay.

Also I could see old Zed amps one day being worth at least what you paid for them. Most the ones that could be worth anything, are already considered old school.

 

[Grinder1989 5,000+ posts]

i don´t think so, we are the last generation that use caraudio as an interest, i dont think you can use caraudioproducts in 10-20 years in electric cars? but the americans can make the oil last longer and stop driving huuge cars with v8 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

I drive a 1974 Chevy C10 and a 1985 Cutlass and I don't plan on selling either one. Both have V-8's and I'll run them till you can't buy gas anymore.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

Yes and no, if it were upper end and at least semi hard to find at the time it was released then yes. I doubt they would be 3x their original value but then again anything old is worth alot to a nastalga collector. Even old newspapers.

 

[Torgus 10+ year member]

name an amp you want now that is 20 years old. GO!

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

RF power 650, old school hifonics colosus

 

[Adnan 10+ year member]

really depends....some amps like audison lrx series will be worth something few years

later..same with most arc audio amps..on the other hand stuff like alpine mrd/mrp

rockford p series and hifonics brutus and of course kenwood LOL wont get far

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

a car audio amp....no.... they will be half the size, and twice the power in 5-8 yrs i'd say...
maybe some multi thousand dollar home theater tube amps though...

Too late.

They will always make tube amps for HT, though. They just have a sound that nothing else can replicate, and that what makes them so special.

The demand of that will keep a market for tubes to be produced / designed open, and I don't think Tubes will die out for a long time. There will always be a small portion of the populace which are hardcore tube enthusiasts, but that small percent will be substantial enough to keep the market open.

 

[alvitae 10+ year member]

Maybe, Like old men now paying big bucks for a 1940's car. Becaues they had one as a kid and it brings back memorys.

Some guy 30 years from now will see a sundown saz1500 on Craigslist and say man I need to get that was I cool back in the day when I had that or what.

 

[jagblazer01 10+ year member]

the ppi art series can still be had for a good amount of money...the a1200 I have is still worth around $700-$800 used on ebay for a good one in working condition.

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

name an amp you want now that is 20 years old. GO!

lots of old rf's power series

hifonics has a few nice ones too.

also couple orions from that time period.

 

[oldschool4me 10+ year member]

the ppi art series can still be had for a good amount of money...the a1200 I have is still worth around $700-$800 used on ebay for a good one in working condition.

true, old audio art amps still bring in a good buck too.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

They will always make tube amps for HT, though.

Very few people use them for home theater, although there's some out there that still do...stereo, on the other hand //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

I probably should have said antique value rather than art.

 

[edzy 10+ year member]

I collect a few.

So far,

Macintosh mc 423

Naks, got 2 pa 301's

And..Dont laugh, my main collection is Optimus

Got 2- 25x2, 170, 100, 200. All the Optimus are mint.

I think some will be collecors pieces, but more of a display piece. ppl collect all kinds of wierd shit.