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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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jafant
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Keep us posted on your situation- amaglioc.
dchang1981
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Oh, i thought that ARC charged $500 for their servicing fee, which would be outrageous.  Something like that would irritate me too.  I never had any issues with ARC service so far and never would send it to a non-authorized facility.
knghifi
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I THINK ARC charged 2 hours of labor.   ARC service is 2nd to none!
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amaglioc OP
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Thanks to all of you for sharing your experiences. This thread will make sure I actually follow up soon, hopefully today, by calling Kal and starting the process. I spoke with him before on a different matter, about the phono stage in the SP20, and he is incredibly generous with his time. 

Once things are underway, I'll update again. Hopefully I won't be too long without the amp.

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