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Kora Amp and Preamp Repair

I used to like now-defunct Kora equipment from France. But their reliability and serviceability are disastrous. My prior Kora Eclipse preamp got a lose wire during transit and fried the tranny upon arrival ($650 repair for a $1100 preamp). Meanwhile, the Galaxy Reference amp just wouldn't bias, kept blowing fuses and overheating. After $1100 repair bill with the Kora 'expert' in Virginia for this $1700 amp, I ended up hammering that amp to death. The repair shop in Brooklyn (who is authorized service center for numerous big name audio equipments) didn't have much luck with Kora neither.

But when they work, they sound glorious.

I am seeing listing on Kora Eclipse preamp and the Kora Cosmos Monoblocks. Somewhat interested but do not want to get burn again.

Does anybody know any reputable repair shop in mid-Atlantic states (PA/DE/NJ or even NY) that could service those if needed? They must have repair Kora successfully before (not some patch job that works only for a few months)

Thanks in advance
bsimpson

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jbaxley
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Your story reminds me of my AudioValve monos, made in Germany. They sounded wonderful when they worked, but ... poor reliability & costly repairs. Techs told me there were design issues, which I took that with a grain of salt, but several problems were due to just plain poor soldering. The amps were 11-12 yrs old and had cold solder joints here, there and everywhere. Fix one problem, another popped up somewhere else ... A moving target ...

Eventually I just cut my losses: 'got them repaired to spec, at high cost, sold them, and haven't looked back. Besides the money, the whole thing took up too much mental disc space. And there are many, many great sounding amps in the world ...
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jbaxley
50 posts
 
Your story reminds me of my AudioValve monos, made in Germany. They sounded wonderful when they worked, but ... poor reliability & costly repairs. Techs told me there were design issues. I took that with a grain of salt. But several issues were due to just plain poor soldering. The amps were 11-12 yrs old and had cold solder joints here, there and everywhere. Fix one problem, another popped up somewhere else ... A moving target ...

Eventually I just cut my losses: got them repaired to spec, at high cost, sold them, and haven't looked back. Besides the money, the whole thing took up too much mental disc space. And there are many, many great sounding amps in the world ...
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