Got my 9090db back from QRX Restore.................aka Vintage Stereos.
I asked for a full restoration, dolby bypass, diff mod, new output transistors.
I get the impression that Seth does most of the work. He is the only guy there full time. He did all the work on my receiver.
The good...I am very happy with the way my 9090db performs. Looking over the receiver, it is clear that Seth is skilled with a soldering iron. Solder joints look very good. His repairs are well executed.
The bad....routing of the wires is a bit sloppy. Rather than putting the wires back in the factory wire retainer clips to keep them held down securely and out of the way of danger, the wires were just hanging around wherever. Screws that hold certain areas of the receiver together were not tightened at all. The screws for the bottom were not tight and on top of that not straight. They were threaded in at an angle. Screws that hold one the boards in place were loose and one of the screws was not installed at all.
They charge extra for things that I think should be included. A full restoration costing as much as they charge ought to include a new relay and trim pots. I was charged extra for those things and I willingly paid. But...
Overall, I am happy with the work done. I am happy with the outcome after I gave it a look over and tidied things up a little. Much care went into the soldering, recapping etc. and that same level of care should go into final assembly and sadly, in my case little care went into final assembly. So I did the "final assembly" part it myself and now things are well.
If I were to do it over again I would still go to qrx restore. Largely because I wanted things done that I could not do myself ie. the dolby bypass and diff mod.