From djacques@csulb.edu Fri Apr 25 10:53:50 2003
Subject:Re: Should i buy an old bx3/A100 chops

Wow.... makes you really confident about the build quality of the NEW
BX3's, doesn't it?

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- Many of the BX-3's that are still around are in need of some TLC.
The reason that I didn't buy the Caruso BX is because it powered up with
about a dozen problems in the store: buttons that wouldn't work,
missing notes from the lower manual, etc. I waited around for an hour
or so while they tried to "fix it," and eventually left with a good deal
on a Voce V3 (which eventually led to the formation of the Voce Support
Group, the forerunner of this list). During the wait, I got a chance to
look inside the BX, and noticed that a lot of the electrolytic
capacitors were in bad shape -- most had visible corrosion, and some of
them had actually deteriorated and fallen off! I've heard of other
BX/CX owners who had similar problems with failing switches and such,
and I wonder if it might be a common problem. If you buy an old BX, be
prepared to spend money revamping it; if not immediately, certainly
within a couple of years. Remember, it's probably at least 20 years
old.

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