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Reputable Techs in Wisconsin/Illinois?

CheddarHeadG

CheddarHeadG

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Looking for recommendations for a shop to take a preamp for repair and an amp for a checkout (it's been 10 years or more since they saw any current!). Milwaukee or Madison area preferred, but will drive or ship to a place where you experts might give high marks to... Thanks!
 
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I had a good experience with John @ VanL Speakerworks.
North side of Chicago might mot be close enough for you though.
Rather than ship it all, I drove my equipment 5 hours to his place!

They completely checked out everything, plus did a restore on my amp. The capacitors were most definetely leaking.
John also restores/rebuilds speakers. One of mine was damaged. John did an amazing job fixing it.

www.vanlspeakerworks.com
 
I have had good luck at Sound World in Wausau Wi. Got my old Pioneer SX-1250 up and running sounding great.
 
I wasn't aware of hifi-haus. Interesting. I have used sounds classic in rockford a few times with good success.
 
240sx4u said:
I wasn't aware of hifi-haus. Interesting. I have used sounds classic in rockford a few times with good success.
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Sounds Classic must be a relatively new name for the shop that is at 5-points in RKFD? I took my Apt Holman there years ago for an issue - and that issue has returned. I'm leery of going back there unless it has changed hands...
 
CheddarHeadG said:
Sounds Classic must be a relatively new name for the shop that is at 5-points in RKFD? I took my Apt Holman there years ago for an issue - and that issue has returned. I'm leery of going back there unless it has changed hands...
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Same owner. Also known as Video Lab. I've bought and sold items to owner Mark. He did a minor repair to a tonearm on TT, I bought from him. Only repair.
 
I have only heard good things about Mark.
How can you hold someone accountable for an issue that returned after you had it repaired "years ago"?
 
I've also used Sounds Classic. I didn't have any problems with the quality of his work, but there have sometimes been other issues. With a power amp I took in he did a good job and finished fairly quickly, but with a reel to reel he took forever to finish the job and was not very responsive to my messages. It seemed like every time I talked to him he would tell me it was next on his list, but then I'd call again and something else had taken priority. His original (long) estimate of 3 months turned into over 8. Maybe just don't take him a tape machine. It seemed like he was avoiding it.
 
If anyone has a Revox A77 that needs work, A friend is an expert in these if you're local enough to bring it to him in WI. Great dude and arguably an expert in that specific machine.
 
Lapslah said:
a reel to reel he took forever to finish the job
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the ones i've worked on are very complex and does take some time to fix.

if i had a reel to reel i wanted fixed, i wouldn't post that in the general audio discussion but in the tape forum.
 
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