Panelhead,
Please feel free to go over everything that I have posted and if you feel I have left something out, please, ask me anything.
After reading your posts, I cannot be sure of what happened. Were the Haflers damaged before sending to Stan, or were they damaged in shipping to Stan?
Also, was the UPS claim money lost becuase the time period from the claim to an estimated repair cost estimate was so long that they closed the claim?
I have no doubt that it can take forever and a day to get something from not just him, but other modifiers/repairmen. But nine years does seem like a REAL LONG TIME.
Sad thing is that, modifing the amps is most likely a couple hour job. Repairs may take a little more time, and the ordering of replacement transistors if needed. Caps are easy, slap anything in there, call it a major upgrade. The Haflers might have IGBT's, which are scarce now. Might have to go surplus to find them.
I guess he has verified that he still has your amps in the first place? My wife would backdoor any broken gear way before nine years, more like nine weeks.
Sorry to not appear more supportive. I like Stan, want to think the best. I have had problems with others, learned to fix it myself.
A friend from college worked in his dad's TV repair shop. I swear I saw the same televisions sitting there for a couple of years. Just more dust as time went on. I think it might be how electronics repair works. Or does not work.
George
