TomBig58
Super Member
Since we are talking dollars here.... I got really lucky and found my 3125 a little over a year ago for $200 and it only needed a cleaning and deox. You can see by the pic it is nice cosmetically. It and an MCS 6700 TT are still my main set-up. Why oh why did I NOT stop there?...Who knows? It is one of a few pieces I own that I would spend money to a good tech to test/tune it and make it "be all it can be" even though it works fine now. I suspect it is a little (or a lot) under spec. As is it is it easily bested (to my ears anyway) an Adcom GFA 545II with NAD 7130 receiver as a pre in a straight up shootout. I have a Luxman 1120 in similar shape that I paid a bit more for. I want to do a head to head with them before I bring either to a tech for tune up. I head to head shootout speakers all the time, it's tougher with amps.
As I mentioned in another MCS thread recently a 3275 rolled thru the local sales sites for $300 but I never even inquired. I also have a 3253 that is OK cosmetically and has a problem with FM cutting out after a few minutes of play. I'm on the fence about bringing it in for repair so back on the shelf it sits.
That one in Akron sure is a beauty! It sounds like it could be as simple as one of those pesky defeat switches unless the owner tried that already.
EDIT: I know some of this discussion should be in dollars and sense but we're all friends here, right?
As I mentioned in another MCS thread recently a 3275 rolled thru the local sales sites for $300 but I never even inquired. I also have a 3253 that is OK cosmetically and has a problem with FM cutting out after a few minutes of play. I'm on the fence about bringing it in for repair so back on the shelf it sits.
That one in Akron sure is a beauty! It sounds like it could be as simple as one of those pesky defeat switches unless the owner tried that already.
EDIT: I know some of this discussion should be in dollars and sense but we're all friends here, right?