who repairs sonic frontiers?


I am tempted to buy a used sonic frontiers tube power amp(the Power one).This would be my first time with tubes and I worry who would fix the amp if it needed repair since I understand the manufacturer has gone out of business.
Also, can anybody recommend a good (but not too expensive) preamp to go with the Power one?
rrm

Showing 5 responses by mdomnick

Pbb,

You have stumbled upon the biggest kept secret in recent American history. Yes, those Canadians cannot be trusted as far as you can bowl them. There is obviously a conspiracy against our country from our neighbors from the north. I believe they are planning an invasion of our country, and we are doing nothing about it. Look at the facts, they support free movement across our borders, they supported NAFTA, they are flooding our country with good and services (Paradigm speakers...) and most damming evidence is the have amassed over 80% of their population on our border!!! I have met many of these cynister Canadians while playing Unreal Tournament, an online first person shooting game, and there are a startling number of Canadians playing the game...obviously they are practicing their killing skills for the invasion.

Of course, the other could be true...it's just expensive to send 'mail' over the border due to import/export duties. Luckily, those willey Canadians thought of that, and you send the piece to NY for repairs.
Natile,

I certianly apologize for speaking incorrectly, however, looking through the surface of what I said, and looking at the end result, you may agree it can be expensive to ship to Canada. If you look at UPS's web site you will see Canada is concidered International. Maybe also, you could take a Midol and lighten up, after all, I worked hard at writing something funny. Maybe you are Canadian and take offense?? Oh well, Tok sees the humor.
LOL!!!! Yer aw'right Cosmic. Your welcome to my Illinois winter anytime; I'm trying to make my way back to the Southern States. Hope to see you in UT land sometime.

lex (lexicon). Guess that needs to be changed now to Sonic Frontiers Line 1. I love mine as well.
Too bad Cosmic, I am always looking for a good game. I know a guy, Coyote who is 47, who still plays, so don't use the age excuse!!!!:)

I have used Amprex, Sovtek, Telefunken, Siemens, RCA and some off brand Soviet made tube (MIGs??). The Soviet tubes were horrible in every way; I didn't hear too much of a difference between the Sovteks and Amprex tubes, but will be doing some more comparisons this weekend now that I have a quiet house to myself. I initially heard more white noise from the tweeters with the Amprex, but plan on putting my tube dampeners on them this weekend to remedy that.

The Siemens were tremendous tubes (I just bought another set today) and were very comparible to Telefunkens. I did not have a chance to do thourough test between the Siemens and Telefunken, but just know I was equally happy between the two. The RCA were sweet sounding tubes, and were definitly closer to the Siemens/Telefunken rather than the Amprex/Sovteks.

I'd be happy to hear your experiences/suggestions with tubes.

m-
Void,

I have the Line 1 (by the way, just replace the rear most bank of tubes...gives the most improvement) and use the Anthem Amp 2 which I just sent to NY for repair:( It was kicking out a terrible hum in my mid range drivers. I use a Marantz changer as a transport running thru a Monarchy DIP then to Cal Gamma DAC. I also have a Marantz DV-18 DVD player, and CinePro Power Pro 20. All ICs are Transparent Music Link+ and Analysis Plus Oval 9 speaker wire. Speakers are currently Paradigm Studio 100s (you damn Canadians) but am just about to pay off my Tyler Acoustic 7Us. I recently sold my Lexicon DC1 for the Line 1, and agree...major improvements all around. I don't miss the HT at all!!!!!