It seems to me we have had excess reports of faulty units. This is bound to happen, as there will be an underlying number of units returned for intermittent faults. No one can find these faults if the unit functions fine on the test bench. You can not find a fault while the unit works fine. The it is shipped to the customer and the fault promptly shows up. If you are lucky to get a perfect open box return then you will have good results most likely. So it all comes down to how much of a gambler you are.
I agree. Any time you buy almost anything electrical, or electronic, it's a gamble => even
Brand New Out of the Box! That's why a reasonable Warranty is should be of concern. It used to be the Warranties for new electrical goods was only 30 days in the US as I remember, and that made them far cheaper than in Canada where 1 year is standard. I wonder if it's still like that on Consumer goods.
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@Pogre , I have rolled the dice at times with Open Box purchases quite a few times and have zero issues. And I've bought brand new stuff that failed immediately. So it's all a gamble.
In August of 2016 I bought a
used Denon AVR-S900W locally from a guy who moved from a house to an apartment. He bought it new from Best Buy just a couple of months before. It failed a couple of days after I got it home and set it up. Thankfully I had gotten the receipt and the seller met me at the Warranty Depot. Denon honored the warranty. It popped a power transistor as I remember. The Tech said it was unusual for him to see that. I was concerned that I'd "bought a lemon" but here it is almost 6 years later and it's works well every day in the Man Cave / Junk Room. (I use it much more than my Denon AVR-X4400H Atmos setup in the Games Room, or my 5.1 Sony STR-DN1050 Receiver in the Family Room. Both of these have worked flawlessly since new.) The moral of the story is you never know. It's all a gamble, so it just boils down to your risk profile.
In life, you just roll the dice, and take your chances.
