twiiii
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The worst amp was the Bose 1800. Anything more than 35 watts continuous output and it would heat up and shut down. Harmonic distortion was terrible above 7 000 Hz. The worst manual TT was a Rek-o-kut from the 60's. Worst integrated amp was Scotts first SS unit with Germanium transistors. Bose 901's were on the Bad Boy list, too. I had a Ampex 351 come into the shop and some one had soldered all the connections to the PC boards and soldered all the traces on the Power supply board. The problem was two diodes that were shorted and one tube socket. Ever see a SME 3009 with a twisted tube. How about a Ortofon 212 tone arm with a kink in the middle. Or a MPI-4, where the box had been tampered with, all the stand off posts were broken, the trim posts compromised, the boards flopping around in side and the face plate cracked. Thanks UPS. Fortunately I called Ryan he sent a Call tag UPS red the unit was fixed and returned UPS red in 6 days. That was my unit and after 5 years its still operating like new. He still hasn't told me how much it cost UPS.