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In Reply to: RE: I never said it was nefarious posted by Wojciech on December 18, 2024 at 09:50:31:
"A friend of mine was swapping tubes in his Audio Research Reference One preamp when he bent and broke one of the leads on an FET that has a heatsink very close to a tube so I contacted Kalvin at Audio Research for a replacement "Green White Brown" FET.
What I received was a Green Green Brown FET in a mailer envelope. They charged $15 for the FET and another $15 to send it in the mailer envelope!
Not to mention the whole parts process took 2 weeks from start to finish and I don't even have the correct "hand painted" part yet.
Needless to say, Audio Research will not be getting any more of our hard earned money for their "hand painted" parts. Or any more components for that matter."
With all due respect for ARC, the paint they use to "code" their components is of such quality that even lacquer thinner will barely break it down. But once it does finally clean away from the semiconductor the reveal is a heavily sanded component that is guaranteed to not expose its identity. The process of disguise must require meticulous sanding and an expert level of artistic painting. A level of personal attention unheard of in other companies products. I've never seen hand sanded and painted components in any Krell or Levinson piece. Slackers.
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