Would you buy a piece of gear with a defect?


I'm auditioning a Parasound JC2 pre amp that the left input on channel 1 does not work. Would you buy it as is? How much should this reduce the price of the unit? Everything else seems fine. I'm wondering if folks will buy defective gear? The asking price is $1500 as is. Opinions?

Thanks in advance.
Ben
honashagen

Showing 1 response by georgehifi

Would you buy a piece of gear with a defect?
I’m auditioning a Parasound JC2 pre amp that the left input on channel 1 does not work.
"could be just the rca or could be the circuit or board, bad news if it’s multi layered"

Love it, get it cheap fix it myself and sit back and marvel at what I got dirt cheap, and if I don’t need it, sell it for a nice tidy profit.

In the case of this Parasound JC2 with one channel out, I would offer 1/3rd of what they sell for good used working condition.
There is a JC-2 on Audiogon for 1900, full working condition as a like for like comparison.

So $700-$750

Cheers George