Wow, everything posted for sale is ''light use''??



Seems that a VERY HIGH percentage of the gear posted for sale has been lightly used with next to zero hours in a smoke free, pet free, cafeine free, oxygen free, gamma ray free home with 10 air purifiers working all at once, and operated only on Sundays between 6 and 7 am at low volume.

Notice how tubes ALWAYS have low hours on them? Man are we lucky in this hobby! Everything stays new!

It cracks me up everytime to read the postings, but it is not because it is funny.
sonicbeauty

Showing 3 responses by marakanetz

Huh especially used phono cartridges. Without going into deep details, multiply low-hundreds of hours by 10 to get the actuals.
I only buy new or retip contenders.
Schubert,
So far I kept Totem Forest speakers over 10 years.
Can't say anything about light use though.
Oh,
I've also seen statements "checked by my tech(or dealer) for excellent operational condition few weeks ago"
After unpacking and connecting the unit, you find that the balance knob is off middle position almost to 2 o'clock and indeed you need to keep it there otherwise channels are out of balance. After slight tech-check with DMM immediately found that one of the output transistors gone short. Obviously there was some "cut the cwap" conversation involved about how-to-be-honest-101.