ATMA SPHERE SCHEMATIC for a UV-1 M/M.......

Hello, Will.  Ralph's proven he's one of the better people in the industry, and I feel confident he'd help get you where you need to be.

Coincidentally, high-end audio manufacturers of less ethical nature leave their customer base in a very bad way by having taken on this "proprietary" position of their components in the past generation.  Having seen the number of high-end audio companies who go belly up obviously correlate with the sad reality of all too many folks wind up with a multi-thousand dollar door stop because they can't find folks to repair their components, it's become a huge issue in my thinking.  People invest in complicated solid state amplification and digital components with eye watering prices from the sort of tiny boutique manufacturers that represent this industry.  What happens to their purchase over time, especially, if the company's long gone?

Not sure if this current effort will succeed, but I'd love to see our community glean benefit from those leading the charge in the larger consumer sphere, a major provision of which would be a return to the days when manufacturers published meaningful service manuals / schematics: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/zmqa49/washington-right-to-repair-iphone-cpu-throttling

As predicted, Ralph provides the kind of service that helps those needing it...

@charles1dad, exactly!

Consider the days when these audio / video circuits and designs were actually cutting edge, SAMS Photofacts and the like published the requisite detailed component documentation.  As a former chemist / material scientist, I can easily reverse engineer most formulations through the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet), but the means exist for a company wanting to protect itself against it.  No one wants government involvement and the hassle it brings along less than I do.  The industry evolving to the current state makes it clear the balance toward consumer protection will not happen without some higher entity involving itself

It's a bit sad to see where this thread went...

Things sometimes go sideways.  That's life, yes?  But hopefully, with a bit of road between now and what's ahead, things will get back to good.

Obviously, Ralph's a good guy and a valuable member of the community.  However, Will Vincent (autospec) IS AS WELL.  Almost anyone familiar with this beautiful Dynaco ST70 restorations / retromods and other work would agree