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What to do when a crucial piece is in the shop?

This year, for me, October has been the cruellest month. My front projector went out. My High Def VCR went out. My HT pre-pro went out. My HT power amp went out. They have been in the shop for varying periods of time.

On some items, I suffered through it. On others, I had a substitute on hand I could press into service. On still others, I bought an inexpensive, used temporary substitute off eBay. Secure in the knowledge I could turn around and sell it after the original returns.

So what do you do when the repairman cometh? Tough it out and get grouchier by the day? Press a subsitute into service? Use it as an excuse to upgrade?
kinsekd
jjmali
108 posts
 
Do you want to trade problems? What would you do if your house burned down in a forest fire?
jimwitnauer
22 posts
 
I can't figure it out either. This week I had the most bitchin' week ever. I know what it's like when you have problems with the best equipment. I was really cranking with the Yamaha receiver. All of the sudden, I was like "whoa." I blew both drivers in my really expensive speakers ($400 pair of Bose!) I am saving up my money to go to radio shack and get replacements. In the meantime, I found my grandfather's pair of Sears speakers. They are just not audiophile speakers though, and I am really disappointed.
cylinderking_1
130 posts
 
I guess Im in the same boat with Kinsekd.My BAT vkp-5 took a dump a 10 days ago I sent back to BAT to get fixed with a upgrade. So now I listen to my wife, well maybe that`s not true if I listened to her in the begining I wouldn`t have all this stereo stuff thus the vkp-5 would not be at BAT because I would not own it, now that`s a catch 22. David
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