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Conrad-Johnson Premier 3 - worth repairing?

I have a Conrad-Johnson Premier 3 pre-amp that I no longer need. Physically, it's in great condition. I recently replaced all tubes, but the left channel is dead and I'm not savvy enough to fix it myself. I live in easy driving distance to Conrad Johnson's HQ, so I could drop it off for repair. Do you think it's worth investing in the repair and then selling it (either here or on eBay)?
lronick
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stanwal
3,147 posts
 
I would check with Bill or Lou and see if they could give you an idea of the range of repair costs. You could advertise it AS IS and see what the interest is. The buyer might be interested in repairing it himself or having one of the large number of modifiers do it. If I wanted to keep it I would have it repaired, it I wanted to sell it I would list it as is first.
djdillon
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Owned a Premier 3 in the past. Sold it approx 4 years ago. It fetched around $900 used in pretty decent shape. I agree with the other suggestion to list it (as is) first. The repair may run several hundred $.
Good luck!
brianhemmis
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I had a PF-1 SS preamp repaired at CJ several years ago and the repair was under $ 100. Very reasonable I felt. Call and check it out. You may be pleasantly surprised. That or sell it to me for fifty bucks !
schipo
1,268 posts
 
Call and check out first it may be more economical to fix and it is a excellent piece.
gmuffley
132 posts
 
List it "as is". You won't recover the repair costs.
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