Your Worst Audio Breakdown


Checking out the forum today and I saw mention of a posters' 1st breakdown, and another about a fella with a broken tape deck wondering about fixing it. He than tells us that 3 other parts of his rig are in need of repair (whoa!). Got me to thinking, in close to 30 yrs of being in this hobby, I ruined a cartridge (my fault!) and I blow fuses on my amp from time to time. That's it! I'm wondering; am I just extremely lucky or what!?

Equipment failure is the nightmare of any audiophile, what's been your experience with gear breakin' down?
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Showing 1 response by joenies

My Marl Levinson ML 20.6's broke down. Sent them to the Service Bench to be fixed. They had them for 14 months and sent them back to Me. After 5 hours of play they shutdown on me again. The Service Bench said we tried to fix them, but we are glad that you got to hear them for 5 hours.
A total of a $10k mistake. I loved the ML 20.6's.
I have now given up on Levinson equipment.
Having it break is one thing, not being able to repair it is another story.
Be carefull what you buy. If parts are no longer available it will cost you a lot of money.
Joe Nies