Fifteen minutes of homework is the difference between a good deal and an expensive mistake. This site exists to make those fifteen minutes short.
Using this site
- Search the model in the box at the top of any page. The product page tells you what kind of device it is and where it sat in the brand's range.
- Check the median used price where we have data. That's your anchor for judging any offer.
- Scan the live listings on the product page, where they exist: price, condition and photos, straight from the marketplace.
The inspection list
- Photos of the actual unit, including the back panel. Stock photos hide everything.
- Amplifiers: both channels, no hum at idle, every input tried. Scratchy controls are normal and cheap to fix; a smell of hot electronics is neither.
- Turntables: ask whether the stylus is original. A worn one is a €50 to €300 replacement waiting to happen.
- Speakers: listen for buzzing at volume, and feel the woofer surround. Crumbling foam is a common age fault, and fixable.
- Completeness: remote, lid, power cable. Missing parts are negotiating leverage, not dealbreakers.
Reading the price
Far under the median is either luck or a warning: faults the seller didn't photograph, stolen goods, or a different variant than labelled. Ask why. A seller with a coherent story and good photos has earned the benefit of the doubt. One with neither hasn't.
Ready? The catalog search covers every brand from Aiwa to Zygi.