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Posted: June 03, 2006 at 1:48 PM / IP Logged

I just had to vent. One channel of my McIntosh MCC204 amplifier just went out. Driving home from the store and lost left front channel. Checked out the system and it's my beloved (and expensive) amplifier. Dammit. Swapped in another amp I had laying around and it's good for now, but simply not the same. Crap. Time to call McIntosh repair and see how much THIS is going to cost me to fix. I am wized.

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Posted: June 03, 2006 at 1:50 PM / IP Logged

I know a repair compan out of AZ that has done a good job on some of our expensive amps, if MC wants too much let me know and I will put you throught to them

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Posted: June 03, 2006 at 1:56 PM / IP Logged

Thanks Jeff. Yea I may want that name just for comparison if you want to PM me. McIntosh has no one to answer the phone until Monday anyway. Damn.

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Posted: June 03, 2006 at 3:31 PM / IP Logged

Now that sucks blue whale. David, if you need an exuse for a roadtrip when you get your amp back from service (bring workclothes Arghh! Channel Out -- posted image.

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Posted: June 03, 2006 at 6:09 PM / IP Logged

It sucks more than that, Rob. The amp is only five years old... I'll be happy to take a road trip to the great white north one day and sure I'll bring my work clothes. What, you need a few lessons? Arghh! Channel Out -- posted image.

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Posted: June 03, 2006 at 9:06 PM / IP Logged

Rob's still trying to digest what Jeff taught him. It'll take a couple of years ;)

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More than a couple of years, my reading glasses (not) are broken.

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Posted: June 04, 2006 at 2:10 AM / IP Logged

Sorry to hear that. Also try e-mailing Dan Wiggins about the problem. He has people on his staff that could probably fix the amp, or knows trustworthy people that could do the work for you.

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Posted: June 18, 2006 at 9:47 AM / IP Logged

UPDATE. Got a call yesterday from a repair shop. They found the only thing wrong with my amp is the crossover circuit board had vibrated loose from the mother board in the amp. They re-seated it and locked it down and everything works perfectly. In fact, they bench tested the amp and it exceeds factory specs. This is only costing me $40 for the time and test, and they will send me a test results certificate. (FYI, the amp is full class A rated at 10Hz-40KHz, 50 WPC at 4-ohms with 0.01% THD. They said it was testing at 62 WPC with less than 0.005% THD. Cool.)

My faith in McIntosh is restored. Arghh! Channel Out -- posted image.

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Posted: June 18, 2006 at 10:15 AM / IP Logged

sweeeet...

Glad to hear it didn't cost an arm and a leg, and you'll be back on the road with proper tunes in NO time!

It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

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