East Coast Service center referral needed for an ARC D-300.2 amp

ARC is long running legendary for a reason but. lets face it, impossible to stock all the parts needed forever and in the case of power supply caps impossible, they can go bad on the shelf… The amp can be recapped w modern parts but it is modification work the factory might not want to perform or stand behind or have gum up the flow of work they are prepared to do. There are many audio firms that this situation applies to. ARC life any storied company has flaws and detractors. i wish them well as they make other choices. Hopefully in twenty years time they are happy…..

You have some great components, especially that Ref preamp ;-) my suggestion in looking for soeakers is chat with and visit a few experienced ARC dealers, they will know what pairs well.

Finally how wonderful that the sound and music have you so energized and inspired, should we all wish to do as you !

Jim

Not to bash ARC but telling you they can’t fix or restore your amp is something you’d rarely hear from the folks in Binghamton ....   

@oddiofyl

seriously now, ’not to bash’, or specifically to bash?  that is whole purpose you posting on this thread right?

how nice of you to drop by to chime in... twice 👍

On Monday i will give a call to the good but imperfect folks in Binghampton and ask a few questions: Do you have the following NOS parts in stock for my MC240 ? M-207A power transformer, M-210B output transformer, and more importantly a laser and servo for my MCD205 ? i want to thank you for the now decades old response to a request for a MX-110 selector switch…. The answer i got looks a whole lot like the ARC email, except it was…typed…on a…typewriter…

This is why i warn people to pick your audiogon expert w care…. some of us have been around the block…a few times….

Jim

but…..for work that the MC factory might not want to do and good techs on the E Coast, there is always Audio Classics in Vestal, NY. They have the skill to go thru the ARC amp and get it in tippy top shape. For a W Coast based Mac expert I strongly suggest Randy Vikan, he fixes factory defects in MC gear, will he did on my MR-85…. like i said, like all of us…good but imperfect..

Carry on

Jim