Almost always equipment never really dies. Older equipment can be repaired at the component level and sometimes hard to get IC's can be replaced with a generic chip with only minor alignment needed to bring the unit back to specs.

Service minimums and bench time at the retail level make it economically unfeasible to repair but has nothing to do with what is broke inside the unit.

It's unfortunate but certainly a fact of life.

Charlie


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