i cannot gave advices...
I dont purchase gear now...
When i purchase gear it was after months of studying everything about it
all over the internet, then i wish so badly to buy it, i dont gave a damn about the sellers...
The two Sansui amplifiers i bought, and my AKG k340 headphone...My Mission Cyrus speakers...
The other pieces were new...a dac...
I did not have any problems with my 4 purchases... 2 pieces were sold in my city...
One amplifier the Sansui Alpha was sold by a dealer i did not know in Britiswh columbia at a very good price...The AKG K340 were sold from Ontario...
The only times i want to buy from the US it was more complicated than from Russia... Most of the times sellers dont want to deliver from US to Canada...I tried few times... I forgot a subwoofer i never used finally from the US...I never need it after my acoustic job and anyway synchronizing a single sub in a small room is not easy... With my actual headphone i have a sub around my ears... 😊
Dont purchase anything without an extreme study of all aspects of the piece of gear as i did... We dont have control about the sellers... I was lucky...
they are the best deal i ever made...