suspicious A1000 channel, AGAIN!

[tackleberry]

After having dealt with the palaver of sending my amp to mf to get the right channel fixed and being relieved of £130 as they would not honour the guarantee from it blowing the first time, the amp just this evening has just made a short light buzz, (about half a second) through the right channel, just like it did a week before the channel properly blew.

Does anyone know someone reputable I could send it in the north within easy driving distance of Leeds, as I'm not packing it back up and sending it down there again if it does go.....??......

 

[budgetblown]

why wouldn't they honour the guarantee on the unit? Also, have a look in the DIY thread - a great list of servicers/repairers/upgraders: http://www.hifiwigwam.com/showthread.php?36719-Audio-Repairs-amp-Upgrades

 

[reddish75]

Send this to jsaudio, this is where mine would go if I didn't do what I do.

 

[tackleberry]

Well, it was fixed for the same prob prior to me buying it, which cost the last guy £100 from mf, it was put in a box then ready to sell on eBay, so I come along and buy it. Really decent bloke who has looked after it fastidiously, by the time he got round to selling it and me having it two weeks, of which I had only used it for around 6 hours when it blew, the warranty on the repair was over by a week or so, which I suppose is actually fair enough, but they weren't interested and somehow the price went up £30 for the next repair.

 

[paulbfd]

Ditto JS Audio. Speak to him about upgrades too as the improvement is well worth the outlay.

 

[themadlatvian]

So if I understand this right, this amplifier has been repaired twice already for the same fault, at respective costs of £100 and £130.

It has now gone wrong for a third time, again with the same fault.

Surely this means that it was not repaired properly in the first place, or that there is a fundamental design fault which needs sorting out. Either scenario places the responsibility firmly with the manufacturer/repairer MF. Change of ownership does not alter this in any way.

Get on to their customer service department, rather than their repairmen, and provide them with the whole history of the matter. I cannot imagine that they will be happy with this situation, and the fact that thousands of potential customers are reading about it on a public hifi forum.

 

[JANDL100]

tbh, I don't expect MF to g-a-f.

They are very ££ oriented.

 

[tackleberry]

The amp hasn't actually 'gone' yet, but expect it will very soon.

Not sure you have ever dealt with mf John, like getting blood from a stone, especially as the amp is 21 years old. Also it costs around £80 to ship there and back.....

 

[themadlatvian]

The amp hasn't actually 'gone' yet, but expect it will very soon.Not sure you have ever dealt with mf John, like getting blood from a stone, especially as the amp is 21 years old. Also it costs around £80 to ship there and back.....

Amazing - and my sympathies.

It puts me off getting one of their amps myself - and there are a couple of super integrateds they do which I really do fancy.

:nup:

 

[It Cost How Much!?!]

If Bolton is not too far, the Mike Powell is a great guy.

 

[tackleberry]

To be fair the a1000 is one of the nicest amps I've heard at that price. Just one of those things.

And who is this man of Bolton?....