Thanks for the help. Sorry for late reply
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The shop I mentioned is in Rockford, Il. Not sure if your close or far, but I made the drive one weekend, and came back in 2 weeks. We are about 3 hours away. Worth the drive, plus much safer than shipping, I will never ship electronics again. Dreading the Cali road trip if something ever goes wrong with my amps. |
The Ref 3 should be fine for many, many more years to come. I wouldn’t worry about it especially since you’re not too far from them if you wanted to make the trip and shipping probably not too bad. Not to discredit a quality tech, but a preamp to that caliber I would send it back to ARC regardless and not take a chance on it. Have the tubes checked if you can, and when the time comes, spend the little extra and buy new tubes from ARC or make sure it’s a trusted seller if you go elsewhere. i agree w adg101 100% - a ref3 should go back to arc to work on op you are in wisconsin, not santiago chile |
https://soundsclassic.com Small, mom & pop place, tell them what you want, and it’s done. It’s small, congested, seems like a dirty little hole in the wall. They do great honest work. they h ave done my amplifier, and my neighbors old Sansui, which he thought was toast. |
The Ref 3 should be fine for many, many more years to come. I wouldn’t worry about it especially since you’re not too far from them if you wanted to make the trip and shipping probably not too bad. Not to discredit a quality tech, but a preamp to that caliber I would send it back to ARC regardless and not take a chance on it. Have the tubes checked if you can, and when the time comes, spend the little extra and buy new tubes from ARC or make sure it’s a trusted seller if you go elsewhere. |
