hershon
03-13-2005, 01:55 AM
Would appreciate some advice on this in my ever ending quest for getting "Something for Nothing" which usually always backfires!
If you can get a damaged high end item such as the NAD surround sound receiver I'm describing below at a cheap price on auction, from a private individual, not a company, is it worth buying/investing your money on, in your opinion or should they be avoided like the plague? To clarify further, can most damaged/broken electrical high end devises such as a NAD receiver, 1. Get fixed, 2. Get fixed at an affordable price, 3. Get fixed at a location within commuting distance in a large city such as LA where I live?
Here is part of the description of the damaged NAD receiver, what is your advice on buying this or not as is?
"The front left channel of this unit takes a while to come in when the receiver is powered up. All other channel work perfectly. I have found that you can get the left channel to kick on if you crank the volume up to 10 o'clock or so. Once it is warmed up it stays on indefinitely. This unit did this when I received it and has not gotten any better or worse. It sounds so good that I decided to deal with the issue but just got a new receiver as a gift so have decided to go ahead and sell this. Again, it works fine if you just crank the volume a bit and let the unit warm up...then it stays. I have found that with daily use the problem goes away (left channel cuts on when the unit is powered up), but after resting for a couple of days it happens again."
Your advice greatly appreciated.
If you can get a damaged high end item such as the NAD surround sound receiver I'm describing below at a cheap price on auction, from a private individual, not a company, is it worth buying/investing your money on, in your opinion or should they be avoided like the plague? To clarify further, can most damaged/broken electrical high end devises such as a NAD receiver, 1. Get fixed, 2. Get fixed at an affordable price, 3. Get fixed at a location within commuting distance in a large city such as LA where I live?
Here is part of the description of the damaged NAD receiver, what is your advice on buying this or not as is?
"The front left channel of this unit takes a while to come in when the receiver is powered up. All other channel work perfectly. I have found that you can get the left channel to kick on if you crank the volume up to 10 o'clock or so. Once it is warmed up it stays on indefinitely. This unit did this when I received it and has not gotten any better or worse. It sounds so good that I decided to deal with the issue but just got a new receiver as a gift so have decided to go ahead and sell this. Again, it works fine if you just crank the volume a bit and let the unit warm up...then it stays. I have found that with daily use the problem goes away (left channel cuts on when the unit is powered up), but after resting for a couple of days it happens again."
Your advice greatly appreciated.