The road trip advice makes sense. I might be in luck, for Milwaukee is a 90 minute drive, Chicago is a 3 hour drive, and my daughter lives in the Twin Cities (~4 hours away). The "might be in luck" depends on the results of the search, now on for a tech recommended by a local high-end retailer. Had I gone the tube route for audio (my guitar amps are tube), I'd have really been in luck, for the Twin Cities are awash in folks who know their way around tube gear. Maybe (when the amp is in good health) the time has come to look into used Audio Research gear.
MLAS 436 shipping carton?
I have a MLAS 436 amp that 'finds' a "mains fault" and shuts down, no matter which household circuit it is connected to ... after several years of faultless operation. Unfortunately, the nearest service locations are 900 to 1800 miles away, and I have no shipping cartons (bought them without). Worse still, Levinson does not have any for sale.
I have found one shop that will sell me a carton, but they deem it to be in such bad shape as to be unshippable except by freight (which costs a bundle). The prospect of building a carton from the materials I can find @ the local Home Depot is daunting at best.
Might one of you owners of this amp (1) have such a carton, (2) be willing to sell it or loan it for a fee?
Many thanks in advance!
Gene Rankin / Madison, WI