Probably the Krell KSA 200 bill I'm expecting in a week or two. Both channels dead purchased off eBay cheap...
Last month got a Beard P-100
If the output transformer is gone I will weep.
The transport/repair invoice will also make me weep.
See, I think manufacturers should be entitled to void the warranty if people have kept equipment on 24 hours a day. It's a damn silly idea, apart from being dangerous. It would probably invalidate your fire insurance. Just another hi-fi foo idea which people have fallen for.
There's a lot of Naim repairs mentioned on this thread, maybe I'm lucky, I've had Albarry amps for 30 years and they never needed repairing, they just don't break down and they are designed to be left on permanently.
There's a lot of Naim repairs mentioned on this thread, maybe I'm lucky, I've had Albarry amps for 30 years and they never needed repairing, they just don't break down and they are designed to be left on permanently.
enjoy your music
regards Al
See, I think manufacturers should be entitled to void the warranty if people have kept equipment on 24 hours a day. It's a damn silly idea, apart from being dangerous. It would probably invalidate your fire insurance. Just another hi-fi foo idea which people have fallen for.
Why not? I had an Albarry PP1 integrated for a short time many years ago, and it seemed a solid enough piece of kit if memory serves. The sound had some blatant colourations which I decided I couldn't live with though.Albarry power amps can be very dodgy indeed in my experience.... to the extent that they are the one item I won't repair!
Why not? I had an Albarry PP1 integrated for a short time many years ago, and it seemed a solid enough piece of kit if memory serves. The sound had some blatant colourations which I decided I couldn't live with though.
Because the power amps have a great tendency to blow up for no apparent reason! I speak from personal experience of this happening several times.
In fact it is probably due to the extremely dodgy choice of output transistors which are used well outside of their S.O.A.R..... There are more modern output devices that should be a much better proposition and could even improve the performance. Things like this have no bearing whatsoever on how "solid" a piece of kit appears to be built!
Jez, perhaps a language revision would be prudent ?
hows about "extremely unusual in my opinion"
dodg·y (dj)
adj. dodg·i·er, dodg·i·est Chiefly British
1. Evasive; shifty.
2. Unsound, unstable, and unreliable.
3. So risky as to require very deft handling.
Seems to me dodgy is a difficult word upon which to establish a factual truth . Luckily for you fact/truth is an absolute defence to defamation . Glad it aint me that as to prove it though as I think you would lose by a simple statistical analysis of units sold and happy clients versus faulty units .
good luck