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Re: Refurbished Receivers - Yay or Nay????
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Just to add another vote for column A, I would definitely trust an authorized refurb. I bought my brother a refurbed HD TV a year ago for Christmas - for about half price of retail. WOrks flawlessly, no issues.
I agree with the theory that whatever problems that they might have had have expressed themselves and been corrected. Smooth sailing after that.
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Re: Refurbished Receivers - Yay or Nay????
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Dog - take a look here for pricing.vailability on the 1014. Added advantage of giving you some input on the resellers - just be sure thy are authorized. BTW - plug in your zip code for accurate shipping/tax info.
Also, before you run off and order the thing, HK has their own online refurb outlet . Keep in mind they tend to understate their power output.
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Re: Refurbished Receivers - Yay or Nay????
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I am actually narrowed down to the two choices....the Marantz SR7400 or the Pioneer 1014TX. I am fairly confident that the Marantz is a superior receiver, but the stingy side of me is trying to reconcile whether or not that difference in quality is worth the $200 extra. I looked at H/Ks, but there was something they didn't offer in my price range.... perhaps the component video switching, which I need for feeding my projector.
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Re: Refurbished Receivers - Yay or Nay????
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I must be the most unlucky person in this forum. I bought a factory direct refurbished HK 525. Had to take it to get fixed at a HK authorized dealer as soon as the warranty expired. I think i had a 30 or 90 day warranty. Anyway when I got them back they had another problem. I took them back and there fixing it, no charge the second time atleast. Each time I have had to pay someone to connect everything for me, unfortunately Im not very handy...anyway I just bought a new receiver because I didnt want to risk it again. If you would add all the money Ive spent on this I could imagine the receiver I could have had if I wouldnt have tried to save $200 or whatever I was trying to save. Yes I'm frustrated and pissed off about it obviously but I just try to look at it as a lesson learned.
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Re: Refurbished Receivers - Yay or Nay????
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Update: I'm back out of the refurb arena. Last night, I was digging around the Internet and found out that the SR7400 does not have any audio delay/lip synch functionality. Since this receiver will be feeding a DLP projector, I really want to be sure that the receiver has that feature.
Incidently, this knocked the Pioneer 1014TX out of the race, as well.
So, I'm now back to a choice between the Marantz SR5500 and the Yamaha RX-V1500. They are generally the same price and the features are similar. The only hesitation I am having with the 5500 is that it only has 4 digital inputs, which would only cover my existing hardware. However, because of my experiences hearing Marantz and Yamaha, I have a preference towards Marantz. Ughhhh....
Oh well....I'll keep churning and eventually come up with a decision.
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