MikeHoward
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Has anyone here ordered from this website. I placed an order with them on 11-26-2010 and after several attempts at contact have not heard any response back?? Very unprofessional in my opinion. Thanks Mike.
Wow! I am surprised others are experiencing the same issues. Its too bad. I think there would be huge support for a reliable operation. All Marantz gear seems to still be quite popular with strong demand. Mike.
I sent him a deposit to repair my 2285B in December of 2009. Haven't heard a thing from him since then.
I'm still 53 in his "queue". I requested a refund on my $100.00 this morning after seeing your post...
Has anyone here ordered from this website. I placed an order with them on 11-26-2010 and after several attempts at contact have not heard any response back?? Very unprofessional in my opinion. Thanks Mike.
Thanks for reminding me.
I sent him a deposit to repair my 2285B in December of 2009. Haven't heard a thing from him since then.
I'm still 53 in his "queue". I requested a refund on my $100.00 this morning after seeing your post...
We'll see if he replies.
Sitting on peoples money for over a year (with no contact) is not a good way to do business IMHO. and a big:thumbsdn:
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Accuphase.....P-300 amp / Sony TA2000 pre-amp
Classé..........Cap-151
HKardon........HK730 / 930
Holfi………..…..Integra 5.1 amp / Xara CD transport
Kenwood.......KA-907, KA-801 / KT-615
Luxman........R-1120
Marantz........2230, 2240B, 2250, 2270, 2285B, 2325, 4240, 4270, 4300, 4400
Nikko............Alpha II amp / Beta II pre-amp (Silver)
Onkyo...........M-508 Amp / Perreaux SX1 pre-amp
Parasound......HCA 2200II AMP / Sir Byrd passive pre-amp
Pioneer..........SA-9500II / TX 9500II, SX1250, SX1010, SX980, SX950, 9930
Rotel.............RB-991AMP / Acurus L10 pre-amp
Sansui...........9090 / 990DB / AU717
Sony.............TA-3200 amp / 2000F pre-amp (x2), STR-6065, 7065, STR-V7 (Coming Soon…)
Yamaha........CR-1020 / 2020 / 3020
DAC's............Music Hall 25.2,,Music Hall 25.3, PS Audio DLIII, Xindak 5,
....................Fubar IV, Firestone Audio TubeHead pre-amp
Speakers........Pioneer HPM-1500's, HPM-900's, Klipsch Forte II's,
………………..KG-2's, Infinity RS1000, JBL 4412A / S-38's, Ohm Model L,
....................Norman Labs Model 8's, "New" Large Advents & KEF 103.2's
If I was your tech, with the amount of expensive gear you list in your sig, I would be giving you good service and praying your gear would break so I could fix it (not to wish bad on you but so I could stay in work!)... You have an impressive list of stuff. I would stay on your good side to insure I could continue to be your first call for repairs.
I received a positive email from Robert. He says he is "on it" and I should have my item shortly. Well see. Hope so! Mike.
I don't think it's accurate to say that Robert has had no contact with folks. He doesn't send individual emails to each customer with updates, but he has posted updates on his website. And I have found that he responds to my emails. My understanding is that, during the last year, he got divorced, and his father became ill and required care, and then he passed away. Robert had to move his shop twice as a result.
I have moved steadily down the list and it has taken a long time, but I can understand others not wanting to wait. I am sure he would honor a refund for folks who did not want to wait any longer. I look forward to seeing whether my confidence is well placed.
Thanks Michael-
I wish the guy I was using locally in McKinney felt the same way. I paid him over 12K last year to restore my gear and recently found out that he took advantage of our friendship and started taking shortcuts, (like paralleling and series-ing caps on boards instead of installing correct ones, putting in mismatched outputs (or not checking them), not re-capping boards that he charged for and basically screwing me out of alot of money. Some of so-called re-capped boards were barely touched.
Several of my amps that he "restored" were not even been cleaned inside and in some cases new incorrect caps were just haphazardly sottered right over the old dirt on the boards. 3 of the amps /receivers have blown channels and many others have burned out lights because the replacements were incorrect values (or not replaced at all.)
I'm not a tech and trusted the guy & had no reason to doubt he was doing what he said he was doing until a couple of my amps blew channels and a friend of mine (who is a tech) was horrified (for me) to learn I had been paying this (expletive deleted) $300-500 per stereo to have him do the doo he did on me.
I am in the slow and painful process of having my collection re-done correctly
and my friend is just charging for parts and accepting meals as payment.
It was also quite a revelation to learn that all the small caps required to do most of my gear was readily available from mousers for about $20-30 per unit. (and larger ones for $25-70)
I have not had the best luck with my gear but so far all the ones that have been correctly redone are performing great.
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Accuphase.....P-300 amp / Sony TA2000 pre-amp
Classé..........Cap-151
HKardon........HK730 / 930
Holfi………..…..Integra 5.1 amp / Xara CD transport
Kenwood.......KA-907, KA-801 / KT-615
Luxman........R-1120
Marantz........2230, 2240B, 2250, 2270, 2285B, 2325, 4240, 4270, 4300, 4400
Nikko............Alpha II amp / Beta II pre-amp (Silver)
Onkyo...........M-508 Amp / Perreaux SX1 pre-amp
Parasound......HCA 2200II AMP / Sir Byrd passive pre-amp
Pioneer..........SA-9500II / TX 9500II, SX1250, SX1010, SX980, SX950, 9930
Rotel.............RB-991AMP / Acurus L10 pre-amp
Sansui...........9090 / 990DB / AU717
Sony.............TA-3200 amp / 2000F pre-amp (x2), STR-6065, 7065, STR-V7 (Coming Soon…)
Yamaha........CR-1020 / 2020 / 3020
DAC's............Music Hall 25.2,,Music Hall 25.3, PS Audio DLIII, Xindak 5,
....................Fubar IV, Firestone Audio TubeHead pre-amp
Speakers........Pioneer HPM-1500's, HPM-900's, Klipsch Forte II's,
………………..KG-2's, Infinity RS1000, JBL 4412A / S-38's, Ohm Model L,
....................Norman Labs Model 8's, "New" Large Advents & KEF 103.2's
I received a positive email from Robert. He says he is "on it" and I should have my item shortly. Well see. Hope so! Mike.
Funny, I haven't visited in quite some time, and I was toying with have a
rebuild done on my 2275. I ran into this guys site, and yes, he emailed back
quickly. He was very upfront about the deal - first come first serve, ante up
100 for you turn and no email contact, just website queue. Which is all fine
and dandy if that's what you agreed to in advance.
I just want to tag along here for a bit, I'd love to know if there have been
any positive experiences lately.
Barring that, is there anyone else in the Rhode Island (or Boston, Worcester
or Eastern Connecticut areas) that cames to mind as the go-to circuit head
for this type of full blown restoration as Robert advertises on his site. Shipping
to California and back costs some money, and it is a lot easier to deal locally
if there are issues like the ones that apparently are cropping up here. (I am
trying to avoid another 'Dr. Bass' type guy as we had on Talkbass - taking peoples
money and disappearing.)
I'd do this myself, but my cup runneth over...