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ARC Ref75 SE meter light flickering, ack

I love this amp and I love ARC, but I'm sad one of the (seemingly) four meter lights on the face is flickering. Sad enough that rather than investigate immediately and ruin my listening session, I switched off the meter lights. Yet it's on my mind. 220 hours. It's a baby!

I know there's some ARC wizards here who can probably tell me: Are those lights embedded in the meter "part" and perhaps removable from the front? Surely I won't have to inflame my lower back by shipping my amp to Minnesota for a light, right? 

BTW, while rig still sounds fine without the meter lights on. Ha.
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bifwynne
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IMO, the correct course of action is to call to Kalvin Dahl at ARC.  Not sure what the problem is.  It  may be that Kal can send out a new part and a local ARC authorized tech can fix it.  The advantage of course is that it may save time.  Is the amp still under warranty??? In anycase, call Kal.
knghifi
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I had to ship one of my Ref250 mono to ARC for a stupid led that I broke installing the handles with only 200 hours.   I think it cost me $500 including round trip shipping.   Amp works fine but knowing a led is out just too annoying.

My advice is also call Kal and always use a certified ARC repair service.   The local ARC dealer that tried to fix my amp is NOT a certified repair service according to Kal after the damage was done. Not all ARC dealers are certified repair services.
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oregonpapa
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I have the REF-75 se ... and run it with the lights off. Sounds better that way. Same for all of the display lights in all of my ARC gear.    

Do you have a local tech that you trust? If so, it would probably be a lot easier and cheaper than sending it back to ARC just for an LED replacement. 
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