Gad zooks. Deal of the year if it's for real. The voice in my head says "if it's too good to be true... It probably is.". Tempting tho.  

Update: reached out via OfferUp. He will ship but only take payments via zelle. Zelle, unlike PayPal, doesn't offer payment protection.  Zelle effectively acts as a direct money transfer. No recourse to buyers...   If you are local might be worth pursuing.

I put in an offer. We'll find out what happens

Good luck! Let us know how it shakes out.  500 is an unheard of price for a csp3. Don't know I've ever see a 2+ drop that low either

Hi, I don't think my wife would allow, I'm 68 and were pretty much staying in. I have bought a few items on offerup with no problems but you know how that goes there's always a first time. He does have good ratings, so that's one thing. I personally would take a chance with this considering everything ,but that's me!

Sorry I couldn't help, TISH

Did he request friends and family paypal payment? If so, you are not covered at all.

The two stereo sets of outputs is an upgrade from the standard of one stereo and one mono meant for a sub woofer.  I have this upgrade and use it to have both a headphone amp and a Torii MK IV hooked up.  I do a speaker level hookup of my sub woofer. The two sets of inputs is standard, I use mine for a TT and a CD Player. Mark

Yep, it's on its way here (Seattle). Btw, any other Decware owners here?

He did PayPal, goods and services, and provided a photocopy of the fedex receipt. I'm curious about the weight. How does Steve ship these preamps (pelican case or standard cardboard/packing foam)? I'm guessing that the weights of his products are listed as the shipping weight...lots of manufacturers do this.

I'll let you all know if I get a preamp or Nike box. Either way, I'm protected.

Just got a preamp shipped form the mothership and the weight on the parcel matched the advertised weight on the website.

Lon & Showme,

Thank you. Lon, I meant to write, "any other Decware owners from Seattle on here?"

Showme, is the preamp shipped in a regular cardboard box? I'm guessing with substantial packing material?

They come really well packed from Decware. Cardboard boxes but they are double boxed with lots of bubble wrap. I'll repeat I think all would agree they are well packed from the Mothership.

Z,

I did receive the pre. It arrived in good shape and appears to be functioning. I bought a Torii IV as well. Upon the startup of the Torii I blew a rectifier tube which stopped me in my tracks for any listening. Fortunately the fuse protected the circuitry. I'm now awaiting some tubes from Andy Bouman (Vintage Tube Services).

The Pre came with the VHC1 power cord. Not a bad haul for the money spent. I'll be experimenting between using the Torii with the CSP3 and without.

I might be picking up a Conrad Johnson MV50 which I hope plays well with the CSP3.

How are you doing in this stormy climate? Feel free to PM me if you're interested in taking this conversation off the main forum.

Peace

Z,

I'm running Nola Contenders with the Torii MK IV. Haven't hooked up the CSP3 yet. I want to hear the Torii on its own for a bit. I'm thinking it's only got about 100 hours on it. It's 6 months old and I'm pretty sure the previous owner wasn't a den rat listening to music all day long.