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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

 

 

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curiousjim
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@generankin 

Hi Gene,

 I sent a couple of amp UPS and had them pack them. Because they packed them, the had to stand by their work. Per my instructions , they doubled boxed them. I also got a few thousand in insurance, just in case. They made it 500 miles to get some upgrades and made it 500 miles back FedEx, but in the same boxes.

All the best.

tomcarr
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Speakers don't do so well with shipping.

Both times I've shipped or received speakers (both times double boxed), the speakers or the boxes or both got damaged.

Same results with UPS and Fedex.

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spatialking
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That is true about having UPS pack them so they will guarantee it.  I forgot about that expensive feature - they charge a lot of money for that.  In the case of the CJ Premier Fives, what do you do when they hand you a check for the insurance and you are $30,000 short of replacement amplifiers?   I have no problem insuring them for retail if the model is still available, but retail for a newer, replacement model?  I think I would want that in writing from someone who can authorize that kind of insurance.

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generankin OP
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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.

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