SC> I *don't* buy the extended warranty.  (I have a 1972 DX-160 still in 
SC> daily 
SC> service...)
    Same experience here, though not RS.
    Either electronic gizmos go buggy early in the factory warranty, or they 
don't go bad beyond things any idiot could fix like tightening knobs.  Either 
way, the extended warranty is a bad buy.
    Extended warranties are much more profitable for retailers than the item 
they insure in many fields other than electronics.  When buying a car, the 
sales manager demanded I sign, item by item, a waiver form acknowledging that 
they had offered me various extended warranties (and didn't buy them)!
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