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Old February 5th 08, 06:09 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Dave Plowman (News)
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Default WTB: VU Meters

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Eeyore wrote:


"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:


Eeyore wrote:

Sifam seem to be a strange company - I contacted them about a
replacement or repair for the meter on a Ferrograph test set and
got a pretty unhelpful reply.


Unhelpful in what way ? Do you expect a large company to be
interested in making a loss on a one-off repair ?


Of course not. I just wanted to do business with them in the normal
way. They didn't seem interested. Not my usual experience of a small
UK company.


When you say 'repair' what bits are you looking for ?


The meter movement was open circuit. I contacted them to find out if they
could either repair or supply a replacement. The chap I spoke to was very
off hand - talking about obsolete gear - and never got back to me. I
eventually got a similar movement off Ebay and swopped the scale.

To give the full story I'd bought a good but very tatty RTS2 only from a
place I used to work at. And bought several more off Ebay if I could get
them at a decent price - working or not. And eventually ended up with a
mint set including the monitor unit. . Sold all the others after repair
etc at a reasonable profit.

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