How Is Pathos Audio Service After The Sale In The US?


I'm searching for a new hybrid integrated amp. One that is on my radar is a new Classic One Mk III. Another is a McIntosh MA252. There are local McIntosh dealers. There are no Pathos dealers. So I'd probably end up ordering one from Upscale Audio if I were to get a Classic One.

Sound, of course, is the number one priority. I'm going to audition the MA252 with my speakers. But I am curious about the Classic One. I may end up preferring it to the MA252 (as some in this forum have said they do).

But I'm concerned about after-sales service. It's obvious that getting service on a McIntosh shouldn't be an issue (even though I'm a little leery of how long the OLED panel will last, and getting service on that in the future, if need be). But Pathos??

I'm coming from a Unison Research Unico that recently died. A really good tech spent 12 hours on it and couldn't figure out how to revive it. And what matters worse was the breaking down of support from Unison Research in Italy. The original owner and designer of the brand died last year, and since the son took over, communication to the US importer hasn't been good, so the importer dropped the brand.

If I were to get a Pathos Classic One and decide to keep it, I'm wondering how good service will be, with the need to ship it back to Upscale Audio (The importer had been Musical Surroundings for a while, and now it's Upscale Audio). I'd hate to have a problem with the unit, and then have an issue with support.

Can anyone share their experience(s) with after-sales support in the US.

analogj

Showing 3 responses by jim5559

The rich that could care less sent almost everything to China .Now you can drive along the "rust belt"   which is  from every city from upstate NY to Chicago

And the great industrial heart, a thousand miles of the heart of the  USA  is dead.

And will never rise again nor will it's people and nobody cares .

 

 

 

 

NONE of Above , I grew up in a city where 71 % of ALL workers were in Industry; today 8% are . The population then was 249.OOO. 30K alone at GE .

Today its 129,00O.

US manufacturing had ZERO pressures , thy were rolling in money unions or not.

The elite were one thing and that alone , GREED with NO care for USA or it;s people .

What you said is a total lie that was told you .

In Christian theology GREED is the ultimate road to Ultimate Evil . Proven . Truth not bemoaning , Unless you think that 9 people having more money than   50% of all  Americans is wonderful ,.

You may be a good guy , i assume you are..

That said , you are FAR too brainwashed to talk about .

 

That is not your fault , just the lies you have been taught.

 

Happy New Year !  and I mean it .