Is buying a “used” subwoofer a bad idea?

@ghdprentice  Talk about stereotyping... audiophiles don't smoke and are not grumpy? Only audiophiles are happy, hardly.

You get som grumpy guy that goes to garage sales or fences stolen goods, the jig is up in seconds. Likely you can hear him puffing on a cigarette.

I've bought several over the years/ All was good.

I feel a lot better about buying a used subwoofer.  I’m not looking for a thumper but rather to extend the bass of my full range floorstander and support the bass to midrange.  Thanks to all for your input.

@yyzsantabarbara  that's what I am on the market for

@foggyus91 

Well, in my experience, yes.  Virtually every audiophile I have ever known is excessively passionate and joyful over his discoveries and delight in high fidelity music. Guys peddling used equipment are unlikely to be happy self actuated people.

I spent a lot of time in mainland China. One amazing thing you see is that most all of the people over 50 have frowned and are heavily wrinkled and depressed walking looking with their eyes down.  They’ve lived through a lifetime of austerity,  and sadness. The youngsters are happy and gay and are skipping holding hands. They have a positive attitude towards the world because the world they’ve grown up in was getting better, sometimes stereotypes are prevalent and useful.