Recommendations for tube preamp (Emotive Audio Sira) repair in the Raleigh/Durham NC area?


My apologies if this is posted to the wrong section!

Does anyone have a recommendation for a shop or individual who may be able to help repair an all-tube preamp, in or around the RTP region of NC?

I have an older Emotive Audio Sira preamp, and (it seems) a couple of the tubes have stopped receiving power. My limited knowledge and googling seems to indicate that this might be a problem with a shorted filament or possibly a loose wire. 

I've reached out to Fred at Emotive but its been over a decade since I've spoken with him, and have no idea if he's even still active or would be a resource. While I wait to (hopefully) hear back from him, I'm looking into other, more local options. 

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! 

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Showing 2 responses by jond

When you say tubes have "stopped receiving power" do you mean they are dead or not passing signal? Have you tried replacing these tubes?

Ah ok then it's definitely not a bad tube. I would imagine you will hear back from Fred Volz I know Emotive is still in business. I don't know any techs in NC but if you can't find one a couple not too far away recs:

Musical Technology in VA.

Deja Vu Audio in VA.

MT is a great repair shop and DV is a retail store that builds their one tube amps and I'm sure could fix yours.