In a message dated 12/17/2000 3:59:01 PM,
dfulton@... writes:
>I can't tell you about Rex & his pilgramage and I know this may be hard
>,you might just have to send it a really good tech. Someone who will
>take the time to reverse (not to hard it will just take a bit of shop
>time) engineer it. Rex's PCB's are far from complexed. As far as I
>know, the Oakland office is now closed. Just a # and a chance that Rex
>may get back to you.
> I have had NEW Serge panels with wires not soldered
>to components on the front panel and just plain blown OP amps. And I
>have seen both together! The PCB's are usually fine it's just the lash
>up to the front panels that creates the problems.
I hope that all goes well with RP. I'm disappointed to hear of your
experiences with some panels, I know Rex had some people doing assembly work
for him, but he specifically mentioned to me (circa 97) among the reasons he
didn't sell the old Serge Tcherpnin style of kits (assembled PCBs which the
builder attached to the panel components) was due to the difficulty in
assembly and the precision calibration required for the current modules
released.
If Rex decides the current state of the modular business is too much, I hope
someone can take it over and at least offer service to the existing
instruments out there, if not continue selling them. It would be sad to see
all that info disappear into obscurity yet again.
JB