Would you trust a refurished amp? Poll

[scheibler 10+ year member]

Just wondering if anyone would trust buying a refurbished amp. Only reason I ask is b/c I am shopping for an amp right now. Found a refurbished Rockford Fosgate Punch for a good price and I'm sure a bunch of other brands as well. I'm skeptical trusting an amp thats already had problems

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[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

Id be skeptical. There are alot of people out there that have absolutely no clue how to solder properly and it will cause issues later down the road. Id ask to see gut shots and ask who repaired it and for a receipt as proof.

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

check db-r and see if he has any amps. he does good work with a warranty

 

[SoCalNoob 10+ year member]

depends on who fixes it!

 

[Slayerx 10+ year member]

depends on who fixes it!

This. If its manufacturer refurb, its pretty much same as new.

Most companies have extremely strict standards.

 

[pieper88 10+ year member]

depends on who fixes it!

x3. Db-r yes, Amp medics yes, Most Manufactuers yes. Ebay refurbs for the most part no. (from personal experience)

 

[Spooney 10+ year member]

Gotta be the right person doing the work but factory refurbs should be good all day long. For the most part there is only a limited number of things that usually go wrong with amplifiers. Once they are repaired properly they are almost always back to original spec.

 

[outsideshot23 10+ year member]

ive uised factory refurbs and never noticed a difference. I have a rockford power 200.2 refurb sittin under the bed right now

 

[akheathen Premium Member]

Gotta be the right person doing the work but factory refurbs should be good all day long. For the most part there is only a limited number of things that usually go wrong with amplifiers. Once they are repaired properly they are almost always back to original spec.

this. the key word is refurbished. i believe most manufacturers are more stringent on testing refurbs, than new. i have run referbs, and factory repair&return, basically the same. if it's a cheezy no-name, then i would shy away, though. those might just be bare minimum repair. i bought a referb jdl606, which was a decent amp.... until the power supply fets blew, and blew again. albeit, this was 12 years ago, it just goes to show that a no-name was not really repaired

 

[Cruzer 10+ year member]

depends if the company did it, or a shop/individual.

say a rockford amp refurbed by rockford, yes easily i would buy it.

or a sundown refurbed by jacob, yes.

anyone on a forum, no.

a local shop fixed it, no.

 

[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

I had a factory refurbed Viper 1100.5 that was bad out of the box, one channel was distorted... took a local shop here about 3 months to fix it because it was something really weird(a capacitor varied its value after warming up so it went unnoticed for a long time).

It goes both ways but a factory refurb is pretty trustworthy along with good repair jobs.

 

[jeffsanders 10+ year member]

refurbished by the manufacturer = YES , refurbished by some guy = NO

 

[Vossy 10+ year member]

I would if it's manufacturer refurbished