Now watch me , I will be lucky enough to get the 1st ever NIB complete electrical dud

No concerns here. I bought 2 NIBs and no major dramas especially with the care and service from Bruce and team at AMD.

As an example, I had a Hulk LE on order and it came with a damaged head box. Apparently when they were loading container in USA the damage occured. Bruce got on to Stern with photos and they said they would build brand new headbox and ship to AMD in 10 days.
To their word, I picked up fully tested machine in the promised time and the machine is a cracker. Well tuned, not a speck or mark and a credit to Stern and AMD.