Are Refurbs Reliable?

[mugen08 10+ year member]

I still wouldn't chance it w/ the downtime and all

 

[anj46907 10+ year member]

Buy a refurb with a a somewhat return policy of like 30 days, if it doesn't go within that time, you're fine.

Only once I had a refurb go bad on me, but it was returned and I was given a new one.

i think im gonna go out on a limb and give em a shot

 

[anj46907 10+ year member]

I still wouldn't chance it w/ the downtime and all

true i would keep my two 1000.1 as backup amps. i'll never sell those i love em to much

 

[tsupra98 10+ year member]

my old zx750.1 was a refurb and is still running to this day also my L7's are refurbs and i'm running them pretty hard and haven't had a problem with them at all

 

[Grinder1989 5,000+ posts]

Well, the thing with refurbished circuit boards is the re-usage of old parts from something that already blew. So, not everything on the board is new.

So the parts either work or they don't. So if they're not bad when the amp blows, they'll be fine.

 

[Grinder1989 5,000+ posts]

Ther is usually an underlying reason when something electrical goes out and needs to be refurbished.
This problem is not always diagnosed.

There are some sick deals in the classifieds right now..I think $400 for a Sundown 3000

They need refurbished because amps are damaged by vibration, a factory screw up (say you bought an amp brand new and it blew up) or user error.

The 3000 watt amp is my PowerBass for my $400. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

A refurb is safe. It's cheaper and the problem that it's had has already been fixed. Get a warranty on it though. It's just a cheaper amp.

 

[BushJ311 5,000+ posts]

Should be fine. As long as it has a warranty nothing to worry about. I had 2 refurbished amps with no problems

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

i bought an amp from CJL on here which was a refurb. it has been great

edit: Actually I bought a used amp and got a second which was refurbed for teh cheapz