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 jaytor

If it’s only one input that is not working, it's probably a bad relay or broken wire, and fairly inexpensive to fix. If the preamp will work for you without that input, then it’s a great preamp for the price. You might be able to get another couple hundred off the price, but I don’t think $1500 is a bad price. I sold my JC2-BP for $2500.