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Any reliability horror stories out there?

Wondering if anyone has had reliability problems with any of their amplification components? Might be useful for me (and others) when it comes to future purchases.

I've recently purchased a Jadis Orchestra Reference, which sounds great, but after a month one of the transformers has developed a noticeable hum. Not a catastrophe, but still...more catastrophic stories would be interesting to hear about.

Cheers, Rob.
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mikej
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Hi Rob, glad you enjoyed it. ;-)
BTW, the amps in question were only turned on prior to listening (30-60 minutes). Sorry to hear about your other problems. Luckily they were all minor!
bezimienny OP
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Hi Mikej. I'm not really complaining...looking at the complexity inside the ARC products it's a wonder they don't break down more frequently - in the overall scheme of things mine have been reliable enough and I would buy them again. And to make things even better the little Jadis JOR has stopped humming. I thought there might be even more wacky stories out there, so I suppose it's reassuring that only a few have been voiced. Cheers,Rob.
mikej
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Hi Rob, I agree. Generally our gear is pretty reliable. As for my friend with the ARC gear he has been happy with the Ref 2 preamp and Ref 300 amps that he's been using since the explosions.
Cheers,
Mike
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