Fish Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 I would sure hope they aren't at the end of their life. Even if they are, you can have them serviced and in "like new" condition for $100-300.00. Get a quality unit (either of the 2 listed) and take care of it. You won't regret it. That's great to hope but any unit 7-8 years old thats been used daily to watch tv and movies and music could easily have parts at the end of their expected life.You gonna spend a $100 on an old unit to maybe fix vs a newer unit that is $100 more to start with hdmi etc..., makes no sense to me , good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psg Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 HK Still have a AVR325 that I use one channel of to drive my Tuba HT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheric Posted October 9, 2011 Author Share Posted October 9, 2011 I love the advice that you guys are giving me. I think I have made up my mind but to keep the comments coming, I will not share that decision right now. [] I has been an educated questions and answers for me. THANK YOU everyone and please don't stop with your comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornfedksboy Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 I would sure hope they aren't at the end of their life. Even if they are, you can have them serviced and in "like new" condition for $100-300.00. Get a quality unit (either of the 2 listed) and take care of it. You won't regret it. That's great to hope but any unit 7-8 years old thats been used daily to watch tv and movies and music could easily have parts at the end of their expected life.You gonna spend a $100 on an old unit to maybe fix vs a newer unit that is $100 more to start with hdmi etc..., makes no sense to me , good luck. You certainly risk having issues anytime you buy used, but speakers and amps 5-25 years old regularly are resold in working condition. I currently run a 9 year old receiver daily that I bought factory reconditioned. I run a 16 year old Pioneer on the kids basement system with the Wii. My Dad used this daily for 15 years until I traded him a 6 year old receiver with HDMI which I bought used...it received daily use prior to purchase and it continues daily use. I have 3 mono block amps I bought used. They are between 5 and 15 years old and pushed hard in my dedicated HT. I just bought a 35 year old stereo receiver (used daily by 3 generations before being sold to me) to power my future heritage 2-channel set-up. I have had zero issues with any of these systems and never paid anywhere close to half retail on any of them. The only amp/receiver I've ever had issue with was the Onkyo I bought brand new. One amp crapped out on it with less than 2 hours on the system. I got it back from the shop a month later...still broken. While I would never discourage anyone from buying new, I will continue to buy used and encourage others on a budget to do the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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