Ikhaya Studios
September 10th 03, 07:04 PM
Scott,
Yeah bingo on UPS. I didn't want to rely on USPS and UPS, AIRBORNE and
FEDEX only give you one option for shipping over there.
I've since been in contact with UPS' international dept. and their
working through a liason in Russia trying to change the status of the
package to complete the delivery without customs penalties. So I
actually haven't yet incurred the second $125 return fee and it still
may make it into the hands of Nevaton so... we'll see.
I guess I should have inquired on this group first before launching it
overseas. But after my regular mic tech refused it (no schematic) and
Nevaton's distributor "The Sound Room" in Fla. told me that they had
quit selling and providing repairs for it due to "Russian quality
conrol" issues (I know, red flags here)I figured no one else would touch
it either. So I got in touch with the company directly (and quite easily).
Anyway, If it ends up coming back untouched I'll revisit this with you.
Thanks.
Ema
Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Ikhaya Studios > wrote:
>
>>I'll spare you all the details in the painful events leading up to this
>>but... I have a Nevaton MK48 stereo mic that needs to be repaired. After
>>receiving instructions from the head of the company, I sent the mic to
>>them in St Petersburg, Russia for repair. But due to a "catch-22"
>>customs issue and an untenable bureaucracy it is being returned to me
>>(at my cost) still in disrepair.
>
>
> I work on these all the time.
>
>
>>Therefore, I'm looking for recommendations as to who might be willing to
>>take on this repair job here in the US. I'm getting a fizzing/sputtering
>>out of one side and the capsule assembly actually physically shifts
>>(severely) around within the casing. There is no schematic either(I know
>>I know).
>
>
> I have a schematic somewhere if you need it, but the sputtering is probably
> caused by one of those crappy Ulyanov capacitors going bad. That's the
> most common failure on those. I've seen the FETs go bad too, but that
> is not a big deal.
>
>
>>It ain't a U89, but it's a step above the "midrange" stereo mics in the
>>market (in sonic character and cost)and a valuable tool in my mic
>>arsenal. I really don't want to lose it and I'm not yet ready to cut my
>>losses. But I've already spent almost $250 on shipping alone(there and
>>back)and am still back at square 1.
>
>
> They are easy microphones to work on. But $250 for shipping sounds like
> you used UPS or something.
> --scott
>
--
Ikhaya Studios / Transhumance Music
Yeah bingo on UPS. I didn't want to rely on USPS and UPS, AIRBORNE and
FEDEX only give you one option for shipping over there.
I've since been in contact with UPS' international dept. and their
working through a liason in Russia trying to change the status of the
package to complete the delivery without customs penalties. So I
actually haven't yet incurred the second $125 return fee and it still
may make it into the hands of Nevaton so... we'll see.
I guess I should have inquired on this group first before launching it
overseas. But after my regular mic tech refused it (no schematic) and
Nevaton's distributor "The Sound Room" in Fla. told me that they had
quit selling and providing repairs for it due to "Russian quality
conrol" issues (I know, red flags here)I figured no one else would touch
it either. So I got in touch with the company directly (and quite easily).
Anyway, If it ends up coming back untouched I'll revisit this with you.
Thanks.
Ema
Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Ikhaya Studios > wrote:
>
>>I'll spare you all the details in the painful events leading up to this
>>but... I have a Nevaton MK48 stereo mic that needs to be repaired. After
>>receiving instructions from the head of the company, I sent the mic to
>>them in St Petersburg, Russia for repair. But due to a "catch-22"
>>customs issue and an untenable bureaucracy it is being returned to me
>>(at my cost) still in disrepair.
>
>
> I work on these all the time.
>
>
>>Therefore, I'm looking for recommendations as to who might be willing to
>>take on this repair job here in the US. I'm getting a fizzing/sputtering
>>out of one side and the capsule assembly actually physically shifts
>>(severely) around within the casing. There is no schematic either(I know
>>I know).
>
>
> I have a schematic somewhere if you need it, but the sputtering is probably
> caused by one of those crappy Ulyanov capacitors going bad. That's the
> most common failure on those. I've seen the FETs go bad too, but that
> is not a big deal.
>
>
>>It ain't a U89, but it's a step above the "midrange" stereo mics in the
>>market (in sonic character and cost)and a valuable tool in my mic
>>arsenal. I really don't want to lose it and I'm not yet ready to cut my
>>losses. But I've already spent almost $250 on shipping alone(there and
>>back)and am still back at square 1.
>
>
> They are easy microphones to work on. But $250 for shipping sounds like
> you used UPS or something.
> --scott
>
--
Ikhaya Studios / Transhumance Music