TUNER-AMPLIFIER REPAIR

As a natural outgrowth of our radio repair, we also repair restore

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tuners or amplifier-tuner combinations ( No solid state units). Our repair services are subject to the same minimums as our radio repair services. To wit-

Thus, I will not return the radio/amplifier without replacing the  50-70+ years old components [ usually capacitors] with their associated costs. It is extremely frustrating to our customers to face returning the unit shortly after they get it back. These additional component costs can be trivial or major depending on the unit. This is why we insist on restoration in certain classes of amplifier/tuners. A full restoration is always safer but we can try to weed out high failure probability components during the process of repairing the amplifier/tuner at additional cost. This is not a "restoration" but prudent replacement of those items that represent little time bombs ready to go off.

To reiterate, any amplifier/tuner such as Bogen, Kenwood, Pioneer, Sherwood, or Fisher that is submitted to us for repair, will have ALL items that are prone to possible short term failure , - replaced. That means, we not only fix the initial reason for non-performance, but replace those items, that would likely fail in the short term. This will add to the cost of "repair", but is usually substantially less than shipping charges to send the unit back and returning it.