I have a Esoteric DV-50 I need to sell but the remote is damaged. Thanks for the options Agon'er's.
Items for sale without remotes.
Believe what you like and Buyer beware. Most that live in cities of any size have pawn shops. AudiogoN seems to have very few items for sale without remotes, but a few. ebay and pawn shops have many items being sold without remotes. If you choose to believe that audiophiles are forgetful slobs that loose remotes routienly, then good for you. However I have never bought a used piece of high end audio gear without remotes and have never sold one that way either. And it you believe that nicer high end items are never stolen, then I have an island in NYC I would like to sell you, and a used Porsche Speedster that a little old lady only drove to church on Sundays.
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I like being 'remote-less', surrounded by devices with few or no knobs, switches.....I become relentless, flashing IR lights in arcane patterns..... Some work in ways one didn't expect..... ...the last equinox, flashing randomly, the DVIdiot appeared....chided me for useless coding, and introduced me to...The Way. Now, I have Perfect Reproduction.*S* ..I just don't know what to do with all these drones....😜 |
I see the OP’s point, but I have the opposite problem — I tend to misplace remote controls, so when I get new equipment I stow the remote away (sans batteries) and operate the equipment from the console switches/knobs. Then, when the equipment gets so old or is not worth fixing, I get rid of it. Sometime later I am looking for something and come across remotes for equipment I no longer have. I have lended equipment to family members to use, but I always keep the remotes because I know such things will get lost or broken. I’m no fool! |
Wow, so the assumption is that items sold without remotes must be stolen then. I don’t use the individual remotes much and I’m not the most organized in keeping up with remotes that I may not have used in years,if ever. Trying to figure out where I put one after years have gone by without tearing apart the house dosnt make much sense. I suppose I’d have to try to buy a new one from the manufacturer if still avaible so people don’t think It’s stolen if I ever want to sell. Sounds like I might be lone audiophile who dosnt keep up with remotes based on what I see posted here. Lol |
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This issue was discussed in 2018 in the following thread, which you also started: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/items-for-sale-here-and-on-ebay-without-remotes My comment in that thread: One reason a seller may not have the remote, at least in the case of an older piece, is that at some point in the past he or she may have left its batteries in too long and they leaked. Which might have created such a mess on the terminals and elsewhere inside that it was thrown out. Another possibility is that a remote was discarded simply because it no longer worked, and the owner chose not to replace it. Or the receiving transducer or related circuitry in the component no longer worked, and the owner erroneously assumed that the remote itself was at fault. Although it hasn’t happened to me too often, over the years I have experienced multiple failures of both remotes and the related receiving circuitry in components. Regards, -- Al |
This is an interesting topic. I have been seeing a ton of stuff being put up for sale by TMR Audio without remotes. Even more expensive stuff. But I agree with whatjd. Any audiophile who loses a remote is just stupid. What sort of events lead to something like this? One idea that comes to mind is stolen equipment. |
Interesting topic in the sense who’s still using stock remotes....in this day and age where everything can be controlled by a single app. I have not used original remotes supplied with my electronics in over a decade. All electronics in my system are controlled by Harmony App. Last thing I want to do is clutter my man cave with remotes 😉 |
