As stager mentioned amps like this are not that complicated for a decent tube technician to repair. I’ve worked for a couple high end companies, one of which was a well known for their tube gear. Unless the output transformer is bad which is very rare and is usually only caused by misuse, it typically is just a resistor or two or bad capacitor. Can’t imagine more than a couple hours or so of repair and test time. Meaning shouldn’t be more than a few hundred bucks to repair it. Most of which being labor. If you’ve already swapped the tubes from left to right, checked the fuses, etc and still not working Id get it fixed.
I never saw what area you are in. I worked with several companies that did repairs for our company. Maybe one of us can recommend someone near you as shpg. is the worst part of getting anything repaired now days.
what to do with a stereo that needs repair
Hey All, long time lurker. I'm looking for suggestions on what to do with an Ayon Spirit II that needs to be repaired. The left channel no longer works. I brought it into a local tech who is not sanctioned by Ayon and he wont touch it. I called the official repair shop and the tech there was awesome, but he has a backlog and wont be available to sort out the issue for 5-6 months. I decided to buy another amp and move on from Ayon. Any suggestions on what to do with this 80lb door stop? I dont want to stick another person with the problem but at the same time if the person has the patience they might be rewarded with a nice sounding amp. What do you think would be fair? Should I just pitch it and be done?
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