Quad pre & power thoughts

**Arkless Electronics** · 05-10-2016, 13:15

Just to go a touch of topic here.... Many are mentioning the continued existence of a service department, able to repair etc all their models as a big plus point, and with maybe a read between the lines hint that they would be difficult/impossible to have serviced if this was not the case. Hence I want to point out that repair services are not exclusive to manufacturers and that people such as myself (other repair services are available

) can repair not only Quad but pretty much all makes of hi fi equipment. As you were...

**hifi_dave** · 05-10-2016, 13:47

Undoubtedly, you would be able to service Quad amplifiers and do an excellent job, that is not in question. I was pointing out that Quad do have a fully staffed service department and can service/repair just about everything they have ever made. I could name many companies (but I won't) which would struggle to repair what they made 2 years ago.

**Arkless Electronics** · 05-10-2016, 14:14

Originally Posted by hifi_dave

Undoubtedly, you would be able to service Quad amplifiers and do an excellent job, that is not in question. I was pointing out that Quad do have a fully staffed service department and can service/repair just about everything they have ever made. I could name many companies (but I won't) which would struggle to repair what they made 2 years ago.

Indubitably so. It's just that as someone who (amongst other things) does repairs I often get the feeling that people feel only the manufacturer can do a proper job, or even fix it at all and this is totally untrue! As you say there are companies who cannot repair something they made only two years ago... also one may get the most junior of engineers or technicians doing the repair work at many companies (not always by any means!) and often a component the same as the faulty one will be fitted as a "standard/stock part" whereas someone such as myself would think "that part failed so I'll fit a heavier duty version".

So often one reads on here of someone contacting a manufacturer to have a repair done and finding they no longer exist or no longer support older models... they often then seem to give up... it doesn't seem to occur to them that there are independent repair services can do just as good a job.

**Firebottle** · 05-10-2016, 17:11

I'm going to stick my neck out here and say that any audio engineer worth his salt can fix almost anything........

There are a few on here that fit the bill.

**Macca** · 05-10-2016, 17:54

Unless it's got those j-FET things in it

**Arkless Electronics** · 05-10-2016, 17:58

Originally Posted by Macca

Unless it's got those j-FET things in it

Eh?

**Macca** · 05-10-2016, 18:27

Those Sony and Yamaha amps, that use some transistor that isn't made anymore. Something fet in any case, you know what I mean.

You'll have to excuse me, have a bad cold and my brain is clogged more than usual.

**Arkless Electronics** · 05-10-2016, 19:45

Ah power fets... yes virtually unobtainable.

**rmcin626** · 05-10-2016, 21:12

Any chance of getting back to the original subject, there is a very good repair guy in Glasgow so not a major concern for me.

**Jimbo** · 06-10-2016, 06:10

Why are you thinking of going down the Quad 99 -909 route?

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