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Audio Research Sp-6a up in smoke

Well, my housemate woke me up yesterday, "There's a fire."
White smoke had filled the stereo cabinet. Unusually, I had left the preamp on for 3 days. The smoke stopped quickly.

Was this a catastrophic failure or just the old capacitors giving up? I have a Bedini 25/25 driving Kef 103-2's.

Should I send it Steve Huntley Northern Sound for a refurb, or do think I should send it to the factory? I'm near Philly and I hear that Bob Backert at RHB Sound Design is a genius.

Or, is it so old that I should think about something else? It gave a sweet, woody sound to the music.

Regards,
Miles
milesd77
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sbank
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Bob Backert at RHB Sound Design is a genius. He's worked on plenty of sp6's too.
brauser
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Sending it to ARC can make it as good as new. Send it to Steve and he will make better than new!
exocet954
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I've always sent my SP-6B to ARC. It's been there three times since purchased in 1980. ARC has the parts and will bring it back to original, if that's what you want. My last SP-6B service was in 2008 and ARC had it done in a couple of weeks.
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