Is Channel D audio gone out of business?

My Lino C2 is making noise in the left channel, I was going to send it to Rob and have it upgraded at the same time, I now know why he was not answering, sad to hear this bad news. 

Now that ChannelD is no more, knowing that the Lino Cx phono pre's are surface mount and the schema's are not available, does anyone know if these would be repairable from on outside tech ? If not, I'm going to have to pay a good bunch of money to equal this unit. 

The RCA connectors are Neutrik spring-loaded NF2C Profi connectors, and the person who built them used silver wire to connect them to the XLR connectors and silver solder, and they have floating ground wires that connect to the ground lug on the back of each Dos Locos.  I’m told they sound better than stock Neutrik XLR/RCA connectors.

@superkat The correct way to wire a balanced line phono input is the shields of the left and right channel are tied to pin 1 of the XLRs. There is no need for the ground wire; if there is one you can assume its wired incorrectly. 

I've been running a balanced input for the phono section in my system since 1989. 

If you are coming from RCA connections on the turntable, the ground post is tied to the shields of the interconnect, and so become pin 1 on the XLRs. The shield must not come in contact with the 'ground' connection of the RCA. The RCAs are tied to the + and - outputs of the cartridge so you can see why this is so. 

If the cable is built correctly you'll find it to be quite neutral even if the cable is inexpensive (it must be low capacitance BTW). The reason to run balanced line is to eliminate interconnect cable colorations; if there is any place this really has to be right its the input to the phono section!

I have also posted this in another section of the forum. However, I am hoping some here are still following this thread.

I am hoping some Channel D owners on this forum could give me some direction.  I was saddened to recently learn that Rob had passed away.  He was an absolute gentleman in all my dealings with him.

My Lino 2.2, purchased in 2022, has stopped working.  It makes a clicking sound when it first gets a signal, and the audio cuts out with the clicks.  After a few seconds, I get no audio sound at all, but the clicking remains and is amplified through my system.  The original battery does not seem to be holding a charge.  I am unsure whether the battery is degraded or if there is an issue with the charging circuit itself.  To me, the simplest thing to do would be to get a replacement battery (I realize the original batteries are no longer made, and while the replacement works, it may require some adjustments during installation), and if that solves the problem, great.  If not, it does not look like there are any viable repair options at this time.  Does this sound reasonable?  Any other suggestions?

Thanks in advance for your help.

@skkmber 

I dont know if you managed to fix your Lino,  but yes that cliking sound is most likely the battery.  The replacement battery is a Powersonic PS-4100 Sealed Lead Acid Battery, you wont be able to close you lid anymore and the pins are less wide so you might have to tighten them, in my case I had nothing to do with the connectors, it was a nice and tight fit.