amplifiers

avphile

Does anyone here have experience with buying factory renewed amplifiers? Is it better than used on Audiiogon?

WilliamM2

Depends on the price. They are both used, but the re-furbished ones will usually come with some form of warranty.

avphile

I guess I wasn't specific enough. Factory Re-newed in the context of Adcom sold on OneCall.com. The question I have is what is the history of those amplifiiers. Did the OneCall.com customer not like it after using it for a while and returned within the refund period (i.e. Open Box)? Did the customer do some cosmetic damage to the amplifier and returned for a partial refund? Or did the customer damage the internal electronics and returned it for a partial refund? I am more concerned about the last scenario.

WilliamM2

Factory re-newed is just a fancy way of saying re-furbished. They could have been returned for any of the reasons you stated. I doubt they are just Onecall returns, but returns from many dealers.

No way to know the history of the unit if it's used or re-furbished, but like I said, at least the re-furbs will have some warranty.

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danger boy

if it's a factory re-newed.. then it's usually fixed if it had problems.. set back to the original specs and then sold as refurb... for often times a very good price. I would not have any problem buying something that had been refurbed by the factory.