Used for Factory Refreshed

avphile
avphile Posts: 38
edited April 2010 in Electronics
I want to get into seperates (e.g. amplifiers). Which is better? Buying used or factory refreshed?
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,249
    edited April 2010
    Ummmmmm........

    You need to be more specific.

    H9
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited April 2010
    Factory refeshed would likely include some warranty, but is usually more expensive. It's a trade off.
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  • Hillbilly61
    Hillbilly61 Posts: 702
    edited April 2010
    Definitely you have got to be more specific. I recently did a factory refub on an Harmony remote and the outcome was disappointing. Other refurbs on other stuff have turned out very very well.

    Speak up!
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  • BuckeyeTim
    BuckeyeTim Posts: 483
    edited April 2010
    Personally, I prefer factory refurb depending on what you mean specifically by that. If you buy something from store x and find that there is an issue with it right out of box or shortly thereafter and return it...When it goes back to factory it will go through a battery of quality control checks....many more than would happen in an off the line piece.

    The same QC checks are not performed on every single piece that comes off of a production line. A person may only check a certain spec every 25 pieces..or more..all determined by capability studies. You might recieve a component that meets spec but falls into upper or lower tolerance limits. At times,...when certain tolerances stack up....you get faulty equipment.

    I like factory refurbished myself...I am more certain that the item has been thoroughly tested....imho
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