we had a local audio shop buy amps and speakers from sonic and the ones they got from their dist. and tore them apart and had them on display.......now is everything refurbed prolly not but it was thier point to beware. Is refurb bad?....NO not if its done by an authurized repair shop, but why pay close to new for a refurb
here are some quick links
http://www.resellerratings.com/store...nix/sort/likes
http://www.ripoffreport.com/director...lectronix.aspx