How Long Should a First Watt SIT3 Last ?

Give Mike Sanders at QS a call. I’m sure he will fix them at a reasonable price. It will cost you a lot less than buying new amps!

I did call Mike,  and sent an email to boot. :-)

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It would be nice to get it looked at locally. Shipping is such a pain, but I will send them after I talk to him unless I find a local guy.

I had major trouble with a Primaluna amp blowing fuses and tubes shorting out so I sold it and now have a trouble free Pass Labs XA-25 amp and Pass preamp…sounds better then the Primaluna

Tony, do you have a backup amplifier to listen through in the meantime? I am glad you have the H IVs on stands, they are tighter and more open this way (my experience is the same with the series 1, 2 & 3). My tech is Kris Rhoades...Fine Tuned Audio in Orlando, Florida. Also, his partner, John Mintzer, in Tucson Arizona. They do great work, specializing in tubes. My best, MrD

Don't buy that First Watt without hearing it. I owned the Quicksilver monos, and had trouble with them also, besides being lukewarm on the sound, but I also had a First Watt 7, and it sounded nothing like the Quicksilvers. I understand that the SIT 3 is different but try to hear one first.