"t.hoehler" wrote in message
news:5zKuc.24791$js4.14920@attbi_s51...

And the fact you can bitch to
your cronies about how long so and so's repair shop had your super duper
tube amplifier in for repair will certainly garner you some respect and/or
sympathy! Ha!

Owning an Ampzilla II, the design of which was minus Mr. Borngiorna, I
believe I own the most unreliable amplifier *ever* manufactured. It is SS of
course, and seems to have spent more time in various repair shops than
hooked up in my past system(s). At about the same time I purchased 2 ARC
D-76A's which never needed repair or even new tubes! I don't see any respect
coming from repairs, since the longer its been on someone's bench getting
new parts, etc. the more UNLIKE it ends up being like the manufacturer's
original product. Within the last 6 months I had my 'zilla II repaired by an
associate of Mr. Borngiorno, recommended to me by him. Mr B. wrote that he
never had the original zilla come back to him. I can't say for certain
whether he meant to say this applied to the original product as received by
the buyer OR after his first repair, of it.
My 'zilla II is now driving my front speakers in a HT system, which I can
also listen to while sitting at the computer and it seems to be holding up.
I'd be able to recommend this CA based repairman to anyone else, however I
believe he's fed up with zillas, having needed Mr. B's input on the repair
of mine. When it comes to repair I must be the world's most experienced
individual. Anyone one else would have chucked it long ago or put it up on
Ebay as a "parts" component.