Buying refurbished gear....

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A SA10 from Music Direct.  It's been a year and a half ago and so far so good. 

It’s been several years, but had great success with a couple of items purchased through A4L No problems, prompt shipping, etc.

I am considering going for the refurbished AV7706 .

My only concern with that particular model has to with an upgrade several Denon & Marantz products received in May 2021.The HDMI 2.1 chip upgrade.

Apparently, 7706 models with a S/N of ********* 70001 or higher, incorporate the change and it would be installed in all affected Marantz & Denon products after May 2021.

So I have to wonder if any pre-June 2021 refurbs being sold include the chip upgrade. I guess I could also ask for them to verify the S/N.

 Ive done 2 transactions recently with A4L and they were both excellent. Bought a receiver for my son and a center channel speaker. If there wasn't a refurb sticker on the box I would never have known. Both items were indistinguishable  from new.

I buy most stuff used. There are some companies that have their own EBay stores and sell stuff refurbished at significant discounts from one fourth to one half off. You get the same warranties as you would if you bought new and generally you are essentially getting new equipment on some which are selling demo models. I've never had an issue buying refurbished and I'd probably do that with most everything if I had the opportunity.