If it's cosmetically flawless and is 100% functional, I'd think that's a fair deal. You probably could get one cheaper but then you have to factor in the shipping costs, possible misrepresentation, and risk of damage in transit. Heck, offer the seller $500 and see if there's any wiggle room in the price.
There's no wiggle room. It is flawless but my concerns lie here.......If this thing breaks, I've looked around and a restoration costs about as much as I'd pay him for it. It has never had any sort of cap restorations, etc. That scares me. I'm wondering If an SX-950 would make more sense. Maybe that would be a cheaper to fix/restore if I problem arose.
Please, correct me if I'm wrong but, didn't both of those have some pretty unobtanium power modules?
It all boils down to "do you want it?" I would buy it if I wanted it, for sure. It can be restored for alot cheaper than whoever quoted you the $600ish to do so.
No, it's the XX80 series that have the unobtanium modules. The XX50 series are readily available.Please, correct me if I'm wrong but, didn't both of those have some pretty unobtanium power modules?
Fellow AKer GordonW is in your area, look him up. :yes:Anyone you know around the Atlanta area do that?
Fellow AKer GordonW is in your area, look him up. :yes:
Unlikely, but a restoration is a good idea if you want to hear what the unit is supposed to sound like.need to be serviced regardless due to components inevitably going bad potentially destroying the receiver.
Ten years ago I could do a 1250 for $600. No longer.
I know ya'all don't mean any harm, but I'd be careful about making assumptions on what a restoration costs. It's a shitload of work and involves much more than swapping a bunch of caps. At least my restorations do.