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      05-02-2012, 12:15 PM   #616
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Originally Posted by thaar View Post
I recall seeing Technic state to buy a new MS-8 with factory warranty. I'm curious what the reasoning is behind that. HK has some reconditioned units that carry a full factory warranty, and I'm wondering if that would be a bad choice.
The reason of my warning is very simple: 10 out of 11 units personally installed or that I had supplied a HiFi PnP harness to customers have failed at least once within days fo the install. About 7 of those installs have failed twice.

My own install have failed twice; the third unit has been working flawlessly for about a year or so. The last customer failure occurred just yesterday after a couple of calibrations. The MS-8 just popped and died.

JBL have replaced/refunded these units on all these cases. I have complained about this mediocre reliability personally to the MS-8 project manager.

If anybody is getting an MS-8 then it has to be with full warranty, no restocking fee and patience... most probably it will be needed.
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