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Ayre preamp no output

Any answers on why my Ayre preamp quit giving any output signal to my amp after power company switched my meter. This would have turned off and back on my power to house. I can hook my OPPO BDP 105d direct to amp and everything plays fine. When hooking OPPO to preamp and preamp to amp nothing. All the lights and volume goes up and down on the preamp, but zero signal being sent to the amp. 
lnitm
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yogiboy
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You should give the power company a bill for the repair cost!
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uberwaltz
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Now that really sucks but is also kind of interesting as I would say you have a possible case for having the utility company reimburse for you for damage done to the Ayre.

When it goes in I would make sure you get a written estimate of damage and why they think it occurred, you have nothing to lose by presenting this to the utility company as a claim.
lnitm OP
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Update on my Ayre 5-XE, got back from Ayre after they performed the MP upgrade to the unit and fixed the resistors fried by possibly a power surge from the meter being changed. 
I must say they have inceedible service and the MP upgrade is making a huge difference. 
Soundstage sounds deeper and everything more precisely placed. Vocals are slightly more relaxed and smooth and velvety. Treble improvement is i think the biggest improvement,  much more clean and extended. Bass seems more articulated as well, I can see and hear deeper into recordings and I'm sure after a few hundred hours of break in it will just get better! I dont want to turn it off. 

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