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10th Nov 2014, 6:04 pm | #1 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Nov 2006
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'Botch' repair on demand!! Unbelievable
A hipster/vintage shop locally supplies me with ad hoc repairs from time to time; it's not my living but I enjoy doing it whenever, for a modest fee. The owner just asked me to do this...on a Bush Arena hi-fi
'Only one channel is working, so just bridge across the outputs to make it mono.' Seriously! I believe he had no intention of telling the buyer and was going to charge £250. I have politely refused, not only because of the resulting speaker impedance mismatch issue, but because it just isn't either ethical or aethetically acceptable. I told the owner I would do a sympathetic restoration or nothing at all. Anyone have similar tales? Mods please move if this isn't the best place. Cheers
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Al |
10th Nov 2014, 6:44 pm | #2 |
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Re: 'Botch' repair on demand!! Unbelievable
There was also a thread on here a while ago about a Chinese hifi amp which claimed it was stereo, had dual inputs, balance control etc. but in fact was mono with a single amp supplying both speakers.
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10th Nov 2014, 8:14 pm | #3 |
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Re: 'Botch' repair on demand!! Unbelievable
This is scandalous, awful practice. I think you are being much too kind describing it as "isn't either ethical or aethetically acceptable". It is a rip off too at £250, even for a proper repair.
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10th Nov 2014, 8:37 pm | #4 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, UK.
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Re: 'Botch' repair on demand!! Unbelievable
This is tantamount to Fraud, and you were wise to decline, as I hope we all would.
As such it is not a suitable subject for the Forum. |