Know any competent stereo equipment repair shops in Chicago?

[Deadtide.com]

I recently acquired an ancient Yamaha CA-1010 integrated amplifier. It sounds great, but there are a number dirty pots and switches that are causing static, noise, etc. I would like to take it in for a cleaning/repair.

Anyone here know of a good shop in the Chicago area (no suburbs)?

Anyone here have any idea how much something like this will cost me?

Thanks!

[puffpastry]

Midwest Stereo, 2806 N Clark 773 929 5523 is the phone number.

[awolski]

I've had good experiences with these guys:

Deltronics Inc.
2911 N. Halsted Street
Chicago, Illinois 60657
Phone 773-549-6635
Fax 773-549-6230
www.deltronicschicago.com

They can do an estimate for you before they do the work, but I think everybody charges to do a quote these days unless it's warranty work.

[Silverlode]

I've had BAD experiences with these guys:

Deltronics Inc.

I was having a guitar preamp worked on. It took them forever, and wasn't fixed when I got it home. I had to take it back. Also, they scratched the front plate of my unit.

But unfortunately I don't know of any other electronics repair shops, although in a city like Chicago I'm sure there are many.

[awolski]

Wow, that sucks. I know it took a really long time when I brought my recorder there but they fixed it and didn't charge me anything or ask me to do a bunch of warranty paperwork. As for stuff taking long, I always thought the sign of a good place was that there was stuff piled everywhere in the shop and it takes a minimum of 6 weeks for them to get to anything. It means they are in demand. I'm only partially kidding.

There's this place in town that some people have told me about but I never tried called Specimen. They specialize in guitar amplifiers but might also work on something like yours (deadtide's). Once again I don't have any experience with them but I've heard their name a couple times lately.

[xonlocust]

i've had bad experiences with specimen and thier repair service, though they don't do stereo stuff (i don't think). thier custom guitars look really cool though...

http://specimenproducts.com/instru/index.html

i've had mixed experiences with deltronics.