Phil Allison wrote:
"Rob"
Thanks Mike - I've just had a confirmation from Quad that that is, indeed,
the deal.

Seems amazing value - labour fixed at £48 plus VAT whatever needs doing,
plus parts. Last time I took something in for repair to a local place it
cost £50 just for them to look at it.


Sorry, for clarity. Seems amazing value to me based on my experience of
getting stuff fixed, not anyone else.


** Return to factory service is NOTHING like what your local repair tech
has to do in order to fix something.

For one, the factory generally has the needed PCBs, on hand, aplenty.

For another, they will not bother attempting the time consuming, highly
skilled job of diagnosing exactly which components are faulty - but rather
will have low skilled " monkeys " swap PCBs about until it goes again.


I'll be disappointed when they do that Phil. I have no experience of
dealing direct with Quad or any manufacturer. The issue is - they'd be
pretty stupid to try it on. They ask for no money up front - they give a
quote. I can say yes or no.

There are only two PCBs a '34 that I can see, and one of those is the
phono daughter board.

Yours is an interesting theory. I'll report back to the NG. If it's much
over 120UKP Jim can have it for 30UKP :-)

Rob