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In Reply to: RE: "ARC sounds okay when they actually work which is rarely ever" posted by RGA on October 28, 2014 at 17:29:27
I never had any trouble with my VT-100 MKII. I have *heard* of others where a failed output tube took out the plate resistors. That never happened to me. I moved to the VTL amps because I preferred their sound (and added power).
I've been using ARC preamps for over thirty years and haven't experienced much difficulty at all. Ok, so the warm up timer op amp needed to be replaced once in the SP9. :)
Follow Ups:
Yes I should note that I have only read and heard issues with power amps not preamps.
I once saw a photo of a VT100 series amp with wide PCB trace totally burned open and charred. The repair consisted of jumpering the open trace with wire and soldering each end. It was on one of the two PCBs on each side of the amp that contains four 6550 output tubes.
I have personally never had a problem with ARC gear but I haven't owned that many:
ARC LS16
ARC LS16mkII
ARC LS25mkII
ARC VT-50
ARC VT-100mkII
ARC VSI-60
I had a bad batch of EL34s in a pair Manley Neo-Classic mono amps that literally burned and smoked open the 10 Ohm cathode resistor for a few EL34 tubes.
I didn't have to send each 70 pound amp back to China since Manley's service and repair operations were in Arizona. I just picked up the phone, received free parts, and got some English speaking tech support over the phone from Paul while I fixed my amps. ;-)
Arizona, I thought it was in Chino, California.
Well you thought wrong but that is understandable. Manley is based in Chino, CA but repairs are done out of Arizona.
And BTW, EveAnna Manley's last name is not Manley as of a few years ago. But most people don't know that. ;-)
Thank Abe Collins for trying to understand where I was coming from. Others here are not that tolerant.
I think she married a recording engineer. I don't know his last name.
MANLEY REPAIR DEPOT
ATT: PAUL FARGO
799 W. Calle Medico
Oracle, AZ 85623 USA
Is this actually owned by Manley or an independent? I would think they would do factory repairs at their facility in Chino.
Remember, just do the opposite of what you think.
Edits: 10/29/14
I was just using common sense Dill. We all can't be perfect like you and Sox.
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