Best Place To Repair 550A's

drBill · 24th July 2006

Hi Guys!

Where's the best place to send in my API 550A's for repair? I think they need to be re-capped or ??? One was getting thin then.....gone. The other is OK, but of the same era. I'd like to get both of them re-furbished. Where's a good place and how much am I looking at spending? Thanks!

Bill

syra · 24th July 2006

Have you tried contacting API?

drBill · 24th July 2006

Doh! :-) Of course I could send them there. I was wondering if there was somewhere in So Cal that could do the job. Any thoughts?

superburtm · 24th July 2006

BAE

dsteve · 24th July 2006

Get in touch with Ray at API tech - super nice guy and they always have a very quick turnaround. You might as well go to the source!

David Kulka · 25th July 2006

We service them too, have the schematics, knowledge, parts including 2520's, and a nifty test jig. 818-843-7981.

Fletcher · 25th July 2006

I like to repair them in the kitchen... that's the best place other than API's service center I've found for repair... but as always, YMMV.

Peace.

drBill · 28th July 2006

David - thanks for the info. Unfortunately I got it too late, but I'll put you into my database.

As for API service - IMO it sucks. I've called 4 times and left a couple of messages over the last week or so and have not got a call back. Not a good way to do business in my opinion. I'd hate to have an API console go down......

I ended up getting ahold of Mark at Brent Averill Enterprises and I brought them in in the morning and he had them done by the afternoon. For $75 each he recapped them and cleaned out all the switches & pots and brought 'em back to life!

Great service from BAE!!

Bill

24th July 2006	#1
drBill Gear Guru Joined: Jul 2006 Location: So Cal Posts: 11,509 Thread Starter	Best Place To Repair 550A's Hi Guys! Where's the best place to send in my API 550A's for repair? I think they need to be re-capped or ??? One was getting thin then.....gone. The other is OK, but of the same era. I'd like to get both of them re-furbished. Where's a good place and how much am I looking at spending? Thanks! Bill

24th July 2006	#5
dsteve Gear nut Joined: Nov 2003 Location: Nashville Posts: 104	Get in touch with Ray at API tech - super nice guy and they always have a very quick turnaround. You might as well go to the source! __________________ Steve Steve Thomas Mastering D. Steven Thomas

25th July 2006	#6
David Kulka Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2004 Location: Burbank, CA, USA Posts: 1,037	We service them too, have the schematics, knowledge, parts including 2520's, and a nifty test jig. 818-843-7981. __________________ http://studioelectronics.biz Service & Restoration of UREI dbx Eventide Marshall AMS Tube Gear and more

25th July 2006	#7
Fletcher member no 666 Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 10,108	I like to repair them in the kitchen... that's the best place other than API's service center I've found for repair... but as always, YMMV. Peace. __________________ CN Fletcher Professional Affiliations: R/E/P Professional Recording Engineer and Producer forums - serious hobbyists welcome SoundPure.com mwagener wrote on Sat, 11 September 2004 14:33 We are selling emotions, there are no emotions in a grid Roscoe Ambel once said: Pro-Tools is to audio what fluorescent is to light

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syra Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2003 Location: L.A. Posts: 2,122	Have you tried contacting API?

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superburtm Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2005 Location: LOS ANGELES Posts: 3,602	BAE

28th July 2006	#8
drBill Gear Guru Joined: Jul 2006 Location: So Cal Posts: 11,509 Thread Starter	David - thanks for the info. Unfortunately I got it too late, but I'll put you into my database. As for API service - IMO it sucks. I've called 4 times and left a couple of messages over the last week or so and have not got a call back. Not a good way to do business in my opinion. I'd hate to have an API console go down...... I ended up getting ahold of Mark at Brent Averill Enterprises and I brought them in in the morning and he had them done by the afternoon. For $75 each he recapped them and cleaned out all the switches & pots and brought 'em back to life! Great service from BAE!! Bill

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