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In Reply to: RE: Volume pot problems with ebay Electrocompaniet Preampliwire IIA posted by Michael Norona on April 06, 2014 at 18:00:40
Does this mean that sellers on ebay misrepresent the condition of what they are offering?
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In the case of both of these pre-amps, yes the sellers did misrepresent the units they were selling.
In case of the one I am currently discussing, he offered a refund, but I am keeping it to use as a guide to rebuild the original I bought 6 years ago on ebay. The guy was very evasive, and would not answer any question directly. He claimed to have paid the shop to service the unit, and then ship it to the auction winner, and never listened to the pre-amp, before, or after the service. I asked if he did this on a regular basis, no answer. He replied that he was not an expert on the pre-amp. But that didn't stop him from making the statement in the auction description, that this pre-amp has the best phono section in any pre-amp under $1000. Bold statement for a non-expert novice.
On that original unit, I trusted the guy to be honest, and by the time I checked the pre-amp, it was not returnable
Hi Michael, how are you doing?
When I see any equipment with a lot of Deoxit, it usually means that there is something wrong with the unit. Whomever "fixed" the unit doesn't have a clue what the problem is. And sprays a ton of cleaner onto the problem & prays to the Great Contact Cleaner God for a miracle fix.
The "fix" rarely happens. One spray of Deoxit or one gallon.
Good luck with that!
8^)
I echo FL's findings.
Is replacement of the saturated Vpots an option?
It's like taking 6 aspirin instead of 2 because it should work 3 times better, and 3 times faster.
You can see the wipers, but can't get to them, because a board sits above the control. In the cleaning attempt they may have move the wipers, who knows. At some point I will remove the board and see what I can do. It certainly didn't occur to them that the play in the shaft was a major cause of the problems. It was very amateurish work for certain.
the pots bad!
charles
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