Tube amp repair recommendations - San Diego?

I second the recommendation of Mike Zuccaro.I don't think he's an upgrade guy but he will bring your componet back to what the designer intended as new. I sent my GAS Thaedra to him from MA and am totally satisfied.

http://www.audiocraftsman.com/

Might be same person:: I found someone who 'loves tubes' when trying to get a friends ancient Zenith TransOceanic fixed. Want me to track down?

Magfan, would appreciate your help.

Nkj/Rickmac...thanks...I will give Mike a call.

I called Mike. Turns out he is less than 15 minutes from my work. Very reasonable. I will probably drop off both ST70s to him for service next week. I will post my results.

Re. mods...RickMac is correct; he prefers to do non mod work, which is ok with me.

I dropped off my 2 Dyna ST70s yesterday (Aug 25 2009). Mike asked me good questions re. history, service, issues. (a good sign).

First impression - A service engineer's service engineer based on his line of questions and his "lab" equipment. It was nice to see a a mix of new and older analog test equipment on his bench. My Dad's Heathkit tube based volt ohm meter would feel right at home on Mike's shop bench. I have built my share of Heathkits and small electronic equipment for an old hobby - long ago (amateur radio WB6YRW - general class). I just don't have time to trouble shoot anymore.

At the time I dropped of my amps Mike was working on a Mcintosh amp.

Mike was very personable. He is a little backlogged (also a good sign) and will be giving me a call next week to give me an update status. He said he should have these units completed by end of next week assuming no transformer issues, which I don't think is the issue.

I will keep this thread posted on the results.