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   ohger1s@gmail.com to palli...@gmail.com   
   Re: Meyer Sound 833 problem   
   28 Sep 22 06:40:10   
   
   From: ohg...@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 7:42:54 PM UTC-4, palli...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > ohg...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > =====================   
   >   
   > > Trevor Wilson wrote:   
   > .   
   > > > I have a Meyer Sound 833 control unit on my bench. It has a weird fault   
   > > > that appears to centre around a 15kHz oscillation that affects one   
   > > > channel, directly, but is bleeding through to the other channel.   
   > > >   
   > > > Meyer Sound refuses to supply a schematic. They will repair it for a set   
   > > > charge of US$592.50 (nice round figure). That's a bitter pill to   
   > > > swallow, but it gets worse. I (and my customer) are here in Australia   
   > > > and I figure on the freight charges to blow that figure out to around   
   > > > US$1,000.00 or so.   
   > > >   
   > > > I am hopeful that someone has some experience with this product. Maybe   
   > > > even schematics.   
   >   
   > > >   
   > > >   
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   > > Will they supply parts? Even buying the complete guts can't cost as much   
   as their charge plus freight.   
      
      
   > ** The unit is nearly 40 years old.   
   > Consists of one PCB in a box.   
   >   
      
   Fair enough, but if they offered to "repair" the unit, they must either have   
   parts or a substitute board I would imagine, unless the repair cost is    
   actually an exchange cost with a later model.   
      
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