Qualified service technicians disappearing! Recommendations wanted


My McIntosh MA6900 sat idle (in original boxes) for one year during home renovations.  Power Guard now kicks in upon turning power on (likely a capacitor died while idle).  My last McIntosh authorized service shop closed, next closest says 16 months queue!  Any recommendations that don’t have me shipping the very heavy unit or waiting over a year to get my center of my system back to life?  I’m in Fairfield County CT.  Any qualified technicians that are not part of McIntosh’s (shrinking) list of authorized service shops?

rluton

My ARC SP9 MKll has developed some static.  I called the last good repair company in town and was told that they were down to one repair person and it would be a minimum of six months before they could look at it!  Not sure what to do. 😔

@curiousjim

For repairs on the ARC SP9 MKII, consider contacting the following authorized service centers:

1. George Meyer AV: Specializes in high-end Audio Research service and repair.

2. High End Audio Repair: Offers both warranty and non-warranty services for Audio Research components.

Search the above names for the web pages I hope this helps.

@ rluton see Rx8man post above  I cannot provide info on this site

 

Peter

I understand you said you did not want to ship however, if that turns out to be your only alternative, I would suggest you reach out to these folks:

https://www.pyramid-audio.com/

While I live in the Seattle area, I visited them while I was in Austin recently. The owner gave me an impromptu tour of the facility and I was very impressed.

Good luck!

Happy listening.

@hgeifman 

Thank you so much for the leads. I hope I don’t have to ship the preamp, but it good to know there are some other good options.

Jim