Pioneer receiver not powering on

[goalieherk]

I have a chance to purchase for $50 a used Pioneer VSX-820 receiver. Only problem is it does not power up. Do you think it is worth the investment thinking it may be an easy fix?

 

[Crackerballer]

No. With the price the 521, 821, and 1021 have been going for lately, you can get a brand new one for between $140-300. Just my opinion.

 

[bikdav]

Agreed. With the way most receivers are and have been for many years, that could be an expensive problem _ more expensive than buying a working receiver.

 

[markw]

Only problem is it does not power up.

That's like buying a car cheap whose only problem is it won't start. Unless you know why it won't start to begin with, you could wind up throwing away a lot of money only to find out it wasn't worth dumping all that money into it to begin with.