Repair of lamp amplifier: what is the fair cost
Folks, I would like to take your opinion on what's fair.
My VTL int. amp stop playing right channel.
Company refered me to authorized technician so I was not so much concerned about about price of repair.
When I brought in, guy told me that minimum charge is $220.
It turned you he changed 1 lamp and re-biased others.
I do not mind to pay for work but it has to be fair both ways.
Please give my your opinions, I needed it.
I think you are stuck.....
We all blow money from time to time. And the service tech has to eat!
If you can do such work yourself, then I suggest that is what you should do- at least give it your best shot before you take it for service. A really good DMM can be had reasonably. I picked up two *very* nice DMM at RS on closeout maybe 8 years back for $22 each. I have been flogging them ever since.
BTW if one EL34 went south, why wouldn't the rest not be far behind? Did a too-high bias voltage kill it?
BTW#2 I retubed a Jolida 302B (EL34) with Russian Winged-C tubes. Very nice!